Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 295 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, ice cream, ant? (a) Ink Aunty Silly (b) Ink Silly Aunty (c) Aunty Ink Silly (d) Silly Ink Aunty
3. 3.📅 The digits 11121973 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 111/219/73 (b) 11/1219/73 (c) 1112/19/73 (d) 11/12/1973
4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
7. 7.📅 The digits 11111953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/11/1953 (b) 11/1119/53 (c) 1111/19/53 (d) 111/119/53
8. 8.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) west (d) north
9. 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tell (b) well (c) rock (d) shell
10. 10.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
11. 11.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, orange, ant, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OAPJ (b) OJAP (c) PAOJ (d) JOAP
13. 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, sock, flute, key, duck is “Big Sing Frogs ___ Dad”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Funny (c) Kites (d) All
14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
16. 16.📅 The digits 26081975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/0819/75 (b) 2608/19/75 (c) 260/819/75 (d) 26/08/1975
17. 17.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Pacific
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 2665758611. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 266 575 6811 (b) 266 575 58611 (c) 266 575 8611 (d) 266 558 611
19. 19.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) numbers and letter lists (d) nothing at all
20. 20.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
21. 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
23. 23.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) change it each day (c) say it aloud often (d) read it once silently
24. 24.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
25. 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ice Bakes Goats ___ Old Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kids (b) Yum (c) Big (d) Mum
26. 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for van, rope, tent, candle, owl is “___ Runs Toys Crazy Old”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wise (b) Very (c) Play (d) Crazy
27. 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for van, needle, cat, key is “___ Nani Cats Kites”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Jump (c) Vines (d) Dad
28. 28.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, ladder, sock, duck, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LSDTA (b) LASDT (c) TDSLA (d) ALSDT
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Seven Wins Nani (b) Nani Eat Seven Wins (c) Eat Nani Seven Wins (d) Wins Seven Eat Nani
31. 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) main (b) write (c) bright (d) bite
32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, vase, rose, duck, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDRVJ (b) VRDGJ (c) VJRDG (d) JVRDG
34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 617370661. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 617 730 661 (b) 617 377 0661 (c) 173 706 61 (d) 617 370 661
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 7772283870. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 772 728 3870 (b) 777 722 83870 (c) 777 228 380 (d) 777 228 3870
37. 37.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
38. 38.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) say (c) know (d) write
39. 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) sell (b) kite (c) wake (d) lock
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP

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