Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 316 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, violin, pencil, glass, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSPGN (b) NGPVS (c) VPGNS (d) SVPGN
2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
3. 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
4. 4.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
5. 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
6. 6.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) no rhythm at all (c) saying it once quietly (d) a beat or a tune
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, rose, anchor, mango, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRAMG (b) RAMGI (c) RIAMG (d) GMARI
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, orange, parrot, cat, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ONPCD (b) OPCDN (c) NOPCD (d) DCPON
10. 10.🎵 Which word does “knock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) clock (d) night
11. 11.📅 The digits 22102023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 22/1020/23 (b) 2210/20/23 (c) 221/020/23 (d) 22/10/2023
12. 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “___ Vans Every Mice Jump Sing Up Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wet (b) Mum (c) Jolly (d) Pigs
13. 13.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) more (c) twice (d) fast
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, cat, umbrella, ladder, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CULMW (b) WCULM (c) CWULM (d) MLUCW
15. 15.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) king (d) rain
16. 16.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
17. 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Mars
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, lemon, kettle? (a) Love Nine Kind (b) Kind Love Nine (c) Love Kind Nine (d) Nine Love Kind
19. 19.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
21. 21.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) one (c) world (d) planet
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
24. 24.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
25. 25.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
26. 26.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Ink Big Goats Yum Only Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Vans (c) Wise (d) Under
28. 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) run (c) fun (d) block
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Seven (b) Green Wins Seven (c) Wins Seven Green (d) Seven Wins Green
30. 30.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
31. 31.📅 The digits 04052012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0405/20/12 (b) 040/520/12 (c) 04/05/2012 (d) 04/0520/12
32. 32.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
33. 33.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, jalebi, igloo? (a) Jolly Uncle Ink (b) Jolly Ink Uncle (c) Ink Jolly Uncle (d) Uncle Jolly Ink
39. 39.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, igloo, bucket? (a) Big Inside Seven (b) Inside Big Seven (c) Seven Inside Big (d) Inside Seven Big

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