← Part 2 test: mnemonics lesson New set →

Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 250 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
  3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, candle, banana? (a) Cats Wins Big (b) Wins Cats Big (c) Cats Big Wins (d) Big Cats Wins
  5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, pillow, jalebi? (a) Pink Jolly Bakes (b) Bakes Pink Jolly (c) Pink Bakes Jolly (d) Jolly Pink Bakes
  6. 6.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  7. 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) backwards
  8. 8.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
  9. 9.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  10. 10.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) twice (c) more (d) fast
  11. 11.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it is printed bigger (c) it has fewer digits (d) three chunks, not ten
  12. 12.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
  14. 14.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧰 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
  16. 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for monkey, net, cat, van, fan is “___ Neat Cats Vans Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) Uncle (c) Vans (d) Mice
  17. 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
  18. 18.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) only numbers
  19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Rani ___ Lazy Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Cook (c) Every (d) Seven
  20. 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) ring (b) bake (c) tell (d) light
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, violin, jalebi, ladder, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSJLP (b) SVJLP (c) VJLPS (d) PLJVS
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Pigs Cats (b) Crazy Eight Pigs Cats (c) Crazy Pigs Cats Eight (d) Cats Pigs Crazy Eight
  23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Every (b) Cats Every Play Crazy (c) Crazy Play Cats Every (d) Every Cats Play Crazy
  26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 1733984713. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 173 398 4731 (b) 133 984 713 (c) 173 398 4713 (d) 173 398 47713
  27. 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shake (b) string (c) main (d) thing
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 236541324. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 236 541 3324 (b) 326 541 324 (c) 236 541 324 (d) 365 413 24
  29. 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) white (b) knee (c) wake (d) light
  30. 30.📅 The digits 28121968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2812/19/68 (b) 28/1219/68 (c) 281/219/68 (d) 28/12/1968
  31. 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
  32. 32.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, kettle, rope, nest, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJRNF (b) FNRKJ (c) KRNFJ (d) JKRNF
  34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, urn, mango? (a) Under Tea My (b) My Under Tea (c) Tea Under My (d) Under My Tea
  36. 36.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) sun (d) rain
  37. 37.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) cake (d) sun
  38. 38.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) learnt (c) over (d) done
  39. 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) true (c) known (d) clear
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA

Answer key

  1. a silly, funny one
  2. RSLF
  3. first letters as a word
  4. Wins Cats Big
  5. Bakes Pink Jolly
  6. precipitation
  7. in the same order
  8. the letters make no word
  9. Earth
  10. more
  11. three chunks, not ten
  12. False
  13. splitting into groups
  14. True
  15. a rhyme
  16. Mice
  17. a rhyme
  18. numbers and letter lists
  19. Seven
  20. tell
  21. SVJLP
  22. Eight Crazy Pigs Cats
  23. an acronym
  24. chunking
  25. Every Cats Play Crazy
  26. 173 398 4713
  27. main
  28. 236 541 324
  29. knee
  30. 28/12/1968
  31. Pacific
  32. True
  33. JKRNF
  34. a rhyme
  35. Tea Under My
  36. cake
  37. sun
  38. done
  39. true
  40. JFMA

Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students