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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 9 · 40 questions
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Memory tip (Letters, rhymes and chunks): Acronyms and sentences: first letters, in the same order as the list. Rhymes: listen for the same ending sound. Chunking: same digits, same order, just grouped. Choose the tool: numbers → chunks, lists → acronym or sentence, one fact → rhyme.

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  1. 1.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
  2. 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) write (c) say (d) know
  3. 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
  4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  5. 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
  6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, violin, needle, onion, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VNOJF (b) JONVF (c) VFNOJ (d) FVNOJ
  9. 9.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) king (c) bell (d) clock
  11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Eat Seven Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Mice (c) Cats (d) Wise
  12. 12.True or false: “plane” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 742203773. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 742 203 7773 (b) 742 203 773 (c) 742 230 773 (d) 742 037 73
  14. 14.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) bell (d) clock
  15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
  16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 4316316816. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 431 631 816 (b) 341 631 6816 (c) 431 631 16816 (d) 431 631 6816
  17. 17.📅 The digits 12111957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 121/119/57 (b) 12/1119/57 (c) 1211/19/57 (d) 12/11/1957
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 235022974436. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2350 2297 443 (b) 2350 2297 4436 (c) 2350 2229 74436 (d) 2350 2297 4463
  19. 19.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
  20. 20.📅 The digits 01122018 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0112/20/18 (b) 011/220/18 (c) 01/12/2018 (d) 01/1220/18
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, duck, orange, guava, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDOGA (b) DPOGA (c) AGODP (d) DOGAP
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Eat Nani (b) Eat Seven Wise Nani (c) Eat Nani Seven Wise (d) Nani Eat Seven Wise
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 874023881. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 840 238 81 (b) 877 402 3881 (c) 874 023 881 (d) 847 023 881
  24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 3091897199. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 309 189 7199 (b) 309 189 799 (c) 309 189 1799 (d) 309 189 97199
  25. 25.🎵 Which word does “well” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) clock (c) bell (d) cake
  26. 26.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  27. 27.📅 The digits 22041986 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2204/19/86 (b) 22/0419/86 (c) 220/419/86 (d) 22/04/1986
  28. 28.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) is very long (d) has no pattern
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  30. 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
  31. 31.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
  32. 32.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  33. 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tell (b) run (c) well (d) shell
  34. 34.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 671282889. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 712 828 89 (b) 671 282 889 (c) 671 282 898 (d) 667 128 2889
  37. 37.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) never say it (c) read it once silently (d) change it each day
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for lamp, violin, coconut, guava, banana is “Lions Vans Cook Goats ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Ants (c) Ink (d) Big
  39. 39.📅 The digits 09081950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 090/819/50 (b) 0908/19/50 (c) 09/0819/50 (d) 09/08/1950
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM

Answer key

  1. AANSAEA
  2. know
  3. the rainbow colours
  4. first letters as a word
  5. March
  6. a rhyme
  7. an acronym
  8. FVNOJ
  9. True
  10. king
  11. Nine
  12. False
  13. 742 203 773
  14. clock
  15. an acronym
  16. 431 631 6816
  17. 12/11/1957
  18. 2350 2297 4436
  19. the letters make no word
  20. 01/12/2018
  21. PDOGA
  22. Nani Eat Seven Wise
  23. 874 023 881
  24. 309 189 7199
  25. bell
  26. one word holds a list
  27. 22/04/1986
  28. means something to you
  29. PAISA
  30. in the same order
  31. a first-letter sentence
  32. 8
  33. run
  34. True
  35. False
  36. 671 282 889
  37. say it aloud often
  38. Big
  39. 09/08/1950
  40. MVEMJSUN

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