Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 309 · 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.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly Mum Aunty (b) Frogs Mum Aunty Jolly (c) Aunty Mum Frogs Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs Mum Aunty
4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in any order
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) ring (b) shake (c) lock (d) lane
7. 7.🔢 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
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ladder, jalebi, candle, sock, anchor is “Love ___ Crazy Silly Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Only (c) Bakes (d) Jolly
10. 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pencil, lemon, kite, drum is “___ Lazy Kites Dad”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Vans (c) Ants (d) Dance
11. 11.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) wake (b) one (c) snake (d) lane
13. 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 2662228467. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 266 222 8476 (b) 266 222 84677 (c) 266 222 8467 (d) 266 228 467
15. 15.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 518381163777. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5183 8113 777 (b) 5518 3811 63777 (c) 5183 1816 3777 (d) 5183 8116 3777
18. 18.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for coconut, fan, jug, rose, bucket is “___ Frogs Jolly Red Big”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yum (b) Wise (c) Cats (d) Love
20. 20.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📅 The digits 02081997 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/0819/97 (b) 020/819/97 (c) 02/08/1997 (d) 0208/19/97
22. 22.True or false: “spring” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) reading very fast (d) saying it backwards
24. 24.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
26. 26.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
27. 27.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only pictures (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
28. 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) rock (c) knock (d) one
29. 29.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) snake (c) fight (d) make
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Seven Wet (b) Eight Seven Wet Neat (c) Neat Eight Seven Wet (d) Wet Seven Eight Neat
31. 31.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
33. 33.🎵 Which word does “sing” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) night (d) sun
34. 34.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
35. 35.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) long (c) fast (d) free
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
37. 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
38. 38.📅 The digits 13022010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 130/220/10 (b) 13/0220/10 (c) 13/02/2010 (d) 1302/20/10
39. 39.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
40. 40.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list

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