Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 148 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
3. 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
4. 4.📅 The digits 25032005 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2503/20/05 (b) 25/0320/05 (c) 250/320/05 (d) 25/03/2005
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
7. 7.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
8. 8.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for needle, pencil, glass, urn, kite is “Nine Pigs Grab ___ Kind”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Kind (c) Under (d) Seven
10. 10.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) steps (b) tricks (c) songs (d) games
11. 11.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 522957085651. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5229 5708 5651 (b) 5229 5780 5651 (c) 5229 5708 651 (d) 5229 9570 85651
13. 13.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Saturn
14. 14.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
15. 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
16. 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) well (b) lane (c) knock (d) bee
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
18. 18.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
19. 19.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
20. 20.📅 The digits 22041982 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/419/82 (b) 22/0419/82 (c) 2204/19/82 (d) 22/04/1982
21. 21.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) white (c) shock (d) fight
24. 24.📅 The digits 18031957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 180/319/57 (b) 18/03/1957 (c) 1803/19/57 (d) 18/0319/57
25. 25.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) reading very fast (d) saying it backwards
26. 26.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
27. 27.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) night (d) bell
28. 28.🎵 Which word does “knee” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) tree (d) rain
29. 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) plane (b) smell (c) bake (d) wing
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, goat, apple, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GAWL (b) WAGL (c) LGAW (d) GLAW
32. 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) indigo
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 222499306. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 224 299 306 (b) 222 499 3006 (c) 224 993 06 (d) 222 499 306
34. 34.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
36. 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) right (c) clear (d) known
37. 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wise Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mum (b) Ink (c) Every (d) Seven
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mice All Jolly (b) Jolly Funny Mice All (c) All Mice Funny Jolly (d) Funny Jolly Mice All
39. 39.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 7790881498. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 779 008 81498 (b) 779 088 4198 (c) 779 081 498 (d) 779 088 1498

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