Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 3 · 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.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
2. 2.✏️ 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
3. 3.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
4. 4.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 5419549314. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 549 154 9314 (b) 419 549 314 (c) 541 954 9314 (d) 541 954 93114
6. 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) chain (b) tea (c) bake (d) tell
7. 7.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
8. 8.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, kettle, watch? (a) Wet Kind Vans (b) Kind Wet Vans (c) Vans Kind Wet (d) Kind Vans Wet
10. 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) Africa (d) Australia
11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum ___ Every My Jeeps Sing Uncle Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Vans (c) Pink (d) Bakes
12. 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, glass, umbrella? (a) Green All Up (b) Up Green All (c) All Green Up (d) Green Up All
14. 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) known (c) clear (d) right
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
16. 16.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) numbers and letter lists (c) nothing at all (d) only numbers
17. 17.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 1403607337. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 140 360 733 (b) 140 360 7337 (c) 140 036 07337 (d) 140 630 7337
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
20. 20.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) sun (c) cake (d) king
21. 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) knee (b) wing (c) train (d) make
22. 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) run (b) bite (c) sea (d) shell
23. 23.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) three chunks, not ten
24. 24.📅 The digits 04041984 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/0419/84 (b) 040/419/84 (c) 0404/19/84 (d) 04/04/1984
25. 25.📅 The digits 18041995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 180/419/95 (b) 18/04/1995 (c) 18/0419/95 (d) 1804/19/95
26. 26.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, umbrella, ice cream, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) URIC (b) UICR (c) RUIC (d) CIUR
28. 28.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) king (c) clock (d) night
29. 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) twice (c) again (d) more
30. 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) wake (c) three (d) key
31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) green (d) red
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 901603569919. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9010 3569 919 (b) 9061 0356 9919 (c) 9016 0356 9919 (d) 9011 6035 69919
33. 33.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) songs (c) steps (d) tricks
34. 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 300059442. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 000 594 42 (b) 300 005 9442 (c) 030 059 442 (d) 300 059 442
36. 36.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
37. 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) cane (b) fun (c) brain (d) chain
38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 346120589. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 346 120 0589 (b) 346 120 589 (c) 436 120 589 (d) 346 105 89

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