Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 282 · 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.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
2. 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
3. 3.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a rhyme about cats
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
5. 5.True or false: “done” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 9426418980. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 492 641 8980 (b) 944 264 18980 (c) 942 641 8980 (d) 942 641 898
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 746098994607. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4760 9899 4607 (b) 7460 9899 4607 (c) 7460 9899 607 (d) 7460 0989 94607
8. 8.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
9. 9.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Uranus
11. 11.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) changes daily (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly Mice All (b) All Mice Frogs Jolly (c) Frogs Mice All Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs Mice All
13. 13.True or false: “chain” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
15. 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) ton (c) fun (d) sing
16. 16.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) steps (b) games (c) tricks (d) songs
17. 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
18. 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat ___ Silly Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Cats (c) Wet (d) Dogs
19. 19.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
20. 20.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, mango, kite, drum, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MOKDU (b) MKDUO (c) UDKMO (d) OMKDU
23. 23.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
24. 24.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 5732312810. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 573 231 2810 (b) 573 231 28100 (c) 573 231 8210 (d) 573 232 810
26. 26.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) rain (d) tree
27. 27.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) tree (d) sun
28. 28.📅 The digits 18051954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1805/19/54 (b) 180/519/54 (c) 18/05/1954 (d) 18/0519/54
29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) South America (d) Africa
30. 30.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets
31. 31.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 151439485. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 151 143 9485 (b) 151 434 85 (c) 151 439 485 (d) 151 434 985
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 881794023718. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8817 9402 3178 (b) 8817 9403 718 (c) 8817 9402 23718 (d) 8817 9402 3718
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eat Sing Wet (b) Eat Sing Wet Neat (c) Wet Sing Eat Neat (d) Eat Neat Sing Wet
36. 36.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) rain (d) clock
37. 37.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 19 and 47
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 6313244573. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 631 324 4537 (b) 631 324 4573 (c) 631 324 44573 (d) 631 324 453
39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for whistle, nest, anchor, vase, tiger is “Wet Nine Aunty Very ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Ink (c) Bunny (d) Tea
40. 40.True or false: “sock” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False

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