Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 30 · 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 acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
2. 2.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only pictures
3. 3.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) indigo (d) green
4. 4.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
5. 5.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📅 The digits 14091992 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 140/919/92 (b) 14/09/1992 (c) 1409/19/92 (d) 14/0919/92
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Sing (b) Wins Sing Goats (c) Wins Goats Sing (d) Sing Wins Goats
8. 8.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink All Eight (b) All Pink Love Eight (c) Eight Love Pink All (d) Love Eight Pink All
10. 10.📅 The digits 16111960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 161/119/60 (b) 16/11/1960 (c) 1611/19/60 (d) 16/1119/60
11. 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) write (b) brain (c) lock (d) bake
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 291231778. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 291 317 78 (b) 291 231 778 (c) 219 231 778 (d) 291 231 7788
14. 14.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Frogs Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs My All (c) Frogs My All Jolly (d) Frogs Jolly My All
16. 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) lake (c) make (d) sell
17. 17.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
18. 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) fast (c) twice (d) again
19. 19.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) a rhyme about cats
20. 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) main (b) done (c) write (d) spell
21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in the same order (c) backwards (d) in any order
22. 22.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no practice (c) they are always true (d) sound patterns stick
23. 23.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
24. 24.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📅 The digits 14102007 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1410/20/07 (b) 141/020/07 (c) 14/10/2007 (d) 14/1020/07
26. 26.True or false: “white” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, inkpot, nest, mango, lemon is “Big Inside Nine Mum ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Sing (b) Very (c) Lions (d) Jolly
28. 28.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) pupa (d) larva
30. 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ink Bunny ___ Young Only Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) All (c) Yaks (d) Under
31. 31.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
32. 32.📅 The digits 27072009 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/0720/09 (b) 2707/20/09 (c) 270/720/09 (d) 27/07/2009
33. 33.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is a smaller number
34. 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rock (b) sock (c) free (d) shock
35. 35.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, parrot, drum, tiger, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PIDTB (b) IPDTB (c) PDTBI (d) BTDPI
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, monkey, jug? (a) Goats Mum Jeeps (b) Mum Jeeps Goats (c) Jeeps Mum Goats (d) Mum Goats Jeeps
39. 39.📅 The digits 18092012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1809/20/12 (b) 18/0920/12 (c) 18/09/2012 (d) 180/920/12
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 311348867366. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3113 4886 77366 (b) 3113 4886 7366 (c) 3113 8486 7366 (d) 3113 8867 366

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