Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 25 · 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.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) tree (d) cake
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Seven (b) Seven Wise Goats (c) Wise Seven Goats (d) Goats Wise Seven
4. 4.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Africa (b) North America (c) Antarctica (d) Australia
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, violin, radio? (a) Vines Big Runs (b) Big Vines Runs (c) Vines Runs Big (d) Runs Vines Big
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
8. 8.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cats Eat (b) Cats Eat Pink Cats (c) Eat Cats Cats Pink (d) Eat Cats Pink Cats
10. 10.🎵 Which word does “sing” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) rain (d) king
11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for owl, monkey, drum, rose is “Only Mice ___ Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Every (c) Cats (d) Dance
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) APLE
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Aunty Eight (b) Lazy Eight Play Aunty (c) Eight Lazy Play Aunty (d) Aunty Play Lazy Eight
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
15. 15.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
16. 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “___ Vines Every My Jeeps Silly Under Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ink (b) Mum (c) Pink (d) Dogs
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 561004014. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 561 000 4014 (b) 561 040 14 (c) 561 004 014 (d) 516 004 014
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eat Play All (b) All Play Lazy Eat (c) Eat Lazy Play All (d) Lazy Play All Eat
19. 19.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📅 The digits 16021960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 16/0219/60 (b) 160/219/60 (c) 16/02/1960 (d) 1602/19/60
21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Mercury
22. 22.True or false: “spell” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
24. 24.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only pictures
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
26. 26.📅 The digits 05101972 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0510/19/72 (b) 051/019/72 (c) 05/10/1972 (d) 05/1019/72
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.🔢 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
29. 29.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
30. 30.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, rope, spoon? (a) Seven Runs Aunty (b) Runs Aunty Seven (c) Aunty Runs Seven (d) Runs Seven Aunty
32. 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) knock (b) lane (c) done (d) ton
33. 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Ice Bakes Green Young Only Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Tea (c) Under (d) Vans
34. 34.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) know (c) say (d) write
35. 35.🔤 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
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 9001110915. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 901 011 0915 (b) 900 111 0915 (c) 901 110 915 (d) 900 111 09915
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
38. 38.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
39. 39.📅 The digits 28032010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/0320/10 (b) 280/320/10 (c) 2803/20/10 (d) 28/03/2010
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 366422469794. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3642 2469 794 (b) 3664 2244 69794 (c) 3664 2246 9794 (d) 3664 2246 9974

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