Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 154 · 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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, net, tomato, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNTL (b) LTNR (c) NRTL (d) NTLR
3. 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Very ___ Mum Jeeps Seven Under Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) My (b) Silly (c) Jolly (d) Eight
4. 4.📅 The digits 08081979 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0808/19/79 (b) 08/0819/79 (c) 08/08/1979 (d) 080/819/79
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
6. 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) over (c) done (d) learnt
7. 7.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) writing it twice
8. 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for vase, goat, cat, monkey is “Very Green ___ Mum”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Jeeps (c) Cats (d) Seven
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
11. 11.📅 The digits 19121977 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/12/1977 (b) 19/1219/77 (c) 1912/19/77 (d) 191/219/77
12. 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) backwards (d) in ABC order
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, needle, apple, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFAO (b) NAOF (c) OANF (d) FNAO
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
15. 15.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 9233910602. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 923 391 0602 (b) 923 391 602 (c) 922 339 10602 (d) 932 391 0602
17. 17.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) change it each day (c) say it aloud often (d) read it once silently
18. 18.True or false: “string” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
21. 21.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) South America (d) Asia
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Silly Love Frogs (b) Silly Rani Love Frogs (c) Frogs Love Silly Rani (d) Silly Love Frogs Rani
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, igloo, rose? (a) Ink Runs Vines (b) Ink Vines Runs (c) Runs Ink Vines (d) Vines Ink Runs
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
25. 25.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, ant, bucket, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFBR (b) ABRF (c) RBAF (d) FABR
27. 27.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) bell (d) cake
28. 28.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, lemon, apple, owl, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMAOT (b) TOALM (c) MLAOT (d) LAOTM
30. 30.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
31. 31.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) numbers and letter lists
32. 32.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) has no pattern (c) changes daily (d) is very long
33. 33.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) tree (d) night
34. 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) well (b) spell (c) thing (d) fun
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, vase, candle, needle, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNCVW (b) WVCNR (c) VWCNR (d) VCNRW
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, onion, cat? (a) Only Silly Cats (b) Only Cats Silly (c) Cats Only Silly (d) Silly Only Cats
37. 37.📅 The digits 19052003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1905/20/03 (b) 190/520/03 (c) 19/0520/03 (d) 19/05/2003
38. 38.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
39. 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knee (b) plane (c) sea (d) free
40. 40.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) bell (c) night (d) cake

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