Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 238 · 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.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) snake (b) tell (c) three (d) wing
2. 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Vines Eight My Jolly Seven ___ Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Up (c) Dance (d) Toys
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 829591892. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 829 591 8922 (b) 289 591 892 (c) 829 518 92 (d) 829 591 892
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 1590617231. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 159 061 7213 (b) 159 906 17231 (c) 159 061 7231 (d) 159 061 721
5. 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
6. 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
7. 7.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) block (b) lane (c) cane (d) plane
8. 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) three (c) knee (d) key
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 614079602788. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6140 7960 2788 (b) 6114 0796 02788 (c) 6140 7906 2788 (d) 6140 7962 788
10. 10.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 4490791089. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 449 079 10889 (b) 440 791 089 (c) 449 079 1089 (d) 449 079 1809
12. 12.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 197751232. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 197 751 1232 (b) 197 751 32 (c) 917 751 232 (d) 197 751 232
14. 14.📅 The digits 08102015 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0810/20/15 (b) 08/1020/15 (c) 08/10/2015 (d) 081/020/15
15. 15.🔢 Instead of holding 12 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 720314219186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7203 4121 9186 (b) 7203 1442 19186 (c) 7203 1419 186 (d) 7203 1421 9186
17. 17.🔢 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
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, drum, urn, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DIUS (b) SUDI (c) IDUS (d) DUSI
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, net, mirror? (a) Nani Aunty Mice (b) Mice Nani Aunty (c) Aunty Nani Mice (d) Nani Mice Aunty
20. 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
21. 21.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
23. 23.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) night (b) bell (c) tree (d) king
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) kite (b) snake (c) bee (d) lake
28. 28.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) free (c) fast (d) long
29. 29.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only numbers (d) only pictures
30. 30.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My Aunty Jeeps (b) Aunty My Fly Jeeps (c) Jeeps Fly My Aunty (d) Fly Jeeps My Aunty
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
33. 33.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
34. 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, mirror, guava? (a) Grab My Dogs (b) Dogs My Grab (c) My Grab Dogs (d) My Dogs Grab
36. 36.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, ball, inkpot, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPIN (b) PBIN (c) BINP (d) NIBP
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Pink Cats (b) Cook Pink Cats Every (c) Cats Pink Cook Every (d) Cook Every Pink Cats
40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) in any order

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