Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 240 · 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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
3. 3.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a dull, plain one
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 840237282161. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8402 3728 1261 (b) 8402 3282 161 (c) 8400 2372 82161 (d) 8402 3728 2161
6. 6.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, apple, igloo? (a) Ink All Mum (b) All Ink Mum (c) Mum All Ink (d) All Mum Ink
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
9. 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) free (b) tea (c) bee (d) cane
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, cat, mirror, pencil, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMPIV (b) IPMCV (c) VCMPI (d) CVMPI
11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for banana, kite, apple, orange, inkpot is “___ Kites Ants Old Ink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eight (b) Big (c) Inside (d) Wins
12. 12.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
13. 13.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
16. 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) run (b) plane (c) knee (d) sing
17. 17.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
18. 18.True or false: “one” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
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.🔢 You want to remember the number 160052506188. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6100 5250 6188 (b) 1600 5250 66188 (c) 1600 5250 6188 (d) 1600 2506 188
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
23. 23.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 147576212. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 114 757 6212 (b) 175 762 12 (c) 147 576 212 (d) 174 576 212
25. 25.True or false: “well” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) world (c) one (d) planet
27. 27.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) say it aloud often (c) never say it (d) read it once silently
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wise Nani (b) Nani Eat Sing Wise (c) Eat Nani Sing Wise (d) Wise Sing Eat Nani
29. 29.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, mango, igloo, sock, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KSIMN (b) MISKN (c) MNISK (d) NMISK
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, apple, guava, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGAR (b) AGIR (c) RAGI (d) ARGI
32. 32.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Seven Rani (b) Seven Rani Lazy Fly (c) Seven Lazy Fly Rani (d) Rani Seven Lazy Fly
35. 35.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 479749706228. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4797 4970 622 (b) 4797 4970 6228 (c) 4797 4997 06228 (d) 4797 4970 6282
37. 37.📅 The digits 09121961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 091/219/61 (b) 09/12/1961 (c) 09/1219/61 (d) 0912/19/61
38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Silly ___ Green”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mum (b) Lazy (c) Every (d) Wise
39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Seven Wise ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Yaks (c) Goats (d) Fly
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, tiger, ice cream, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GITM (b) MTIG (c) TIGM (d) TMIG

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