Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 268 · 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 does “rake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) clock (d) sun
2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Saturn
3. 3.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 9 4 7
4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) in any order
5. 5.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is a smaller number (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is printed bigger
6. 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
9. 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) wake (b) sea (c) ton (d) spell
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 935522136. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 935 522 163 (b) 935 522 36 (c) 935 522 1336 (d) 935 522 136
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 675241437108. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6752 4143 7108 (b) 6752 4143 7018 (c) 6752 1437 108 (d) 6775 2414 37108
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, lemon, tomato? (a) Toys Love Play (b) Love Toys Play (c) Love Play Toys (d) Play Love Toys
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wet Neat (b) Every Neat Sing Wet (c) Neat Every Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Every Neat
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, fan, drum, rose, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FODRJ (b) OFDRJ (c) FDRJO (d) JRDFO
16. 16.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
17. 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
18. 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shell (b) sing (c) train (d) bright
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, van, apple, sock, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VASRU (b) UVASR (c) VUASR (d) RSAVU
20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pigs ___ Ice Silly Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Aunty (c) Rani (d) Vines
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 780587218. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 780 587 21 (b) 780 587 218 (c) 780 058 7218 (d) 785 087 218
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) APLE
26. 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) right (c) clear (d) known
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Crazy Play (c) Crazy Eat Play Crazy (d) Eat Crazy Play Crazy
28. 28.🔤 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
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, nest, wallet, rope, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NWRTD (b) NDWRT (c) TRWND (d) DNWRT
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, tent, apple? (a) Aunty Tiny Runs (b) Tiny Runs Aunty (c) Tiny Aunty Runs (d) Runs Tiny Aunty
31. 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) Australia (d) North America
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 802205899786. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8022 0589 7986 (b) 8022 2058 99786 (c) 8022 0599 786 (d) 8022 0589 9786
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 232448850. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 232 448 850 (b) 233 244 8850 (c) 224 488 50 (d) 232 484 850
35. 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wet Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) Seven (c) Tiny (d) Dance
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, coconut, tent, parrot, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCTPV (b) CTPVF (c) VPTCF (d) CFTPV
37. 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every ___ Pink Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) Lions (c) Wise (d) Only
38. 38.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
39. 39.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection

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