Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 176 · 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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) backwards (c) in any order (d) in the same order
2. 2.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) sound patterns stick (c) they are longer (d) they are always true
3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
6. 6.📅 The digits 21031959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 210/319/59 (b) 21/0319/59 (c) 2103/19/59 (d) 21/03/1959
7. 7.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 1 and 947
9. 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) one (c) star (d) world
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
11. 11.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 9469475426. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 946 947 5426 (b) 946 974 5426 (c) 949 475 426 (d) 994 694 75426
13. 13.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) night (d) rain
14. 14.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
15. 15.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) there is no list
16. 16.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
17. 17.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 927093347. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 920 793 347 (b) 927 093 34 (c) 927 099 3347 (d) 927 093 347
19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eight ___ Pigs Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Grab (c) Fly (d) Love
20. 20.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
21. 21.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “sock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
24. 24.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 2049686894. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 204 968 66894 (b) 209 468 6894 (c) 049 686 894 (d) 204 968 6894
27. 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) sea (b) fun (c) shell (d) well
28. 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kettle, coconut, sock, drum, fan is “___ Cats Silly Dance Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Young (c) Jolly (d) Kind
29. 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) steps (b) games (c) tricks (d) songs
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, owl, frog, glass, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGFOT (b) OFGLT (c) OTFGL (d) TOFGL
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 680278300. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 680 273 00 (b) 680 278 300 (c) 860 278 300 (d) 680 027 8300
33. 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Rani ___ Lazy Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Eat (c) Cats (d) Seven
34. 34.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) sun (d) bell
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants My Frogs Jump (b) Frogs My Ants Jump (c) Jump Frogs My Ants (d) Frogs Jump My Ants
36. 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violin, nest, sock, ladder, umpire is “Vans Nani Seven ___ Under”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Pink (c) Only (d) Love
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Love Eight (b) Love Pink All Eight (c) Love Eight Pink All (d) Eight Love Pink All
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, banana, jalebi? (a) Bunny Fly Jump (b) Bunny Jump Fly (c) Fly Bunny Jump (d) Jump Bunny Fly
39. 39.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is printed bigger (d) it has fewer digits
40. 40.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False

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