Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 371 · 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 four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
2. 2.✏️ 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
3. 3.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) spring (b) free (c) one (d) run
4. 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) smell (c) bright (d) well
5. 5.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) cake (d) night
6. 6.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) February (d) January
7. 7.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) bell (d) clock
8. 8.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
9. 9.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) cane (b) tea (c) bright (d) three
11. 11.📅 The digits 13112000 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/1120/00 (b) 1311/20/00 (c) 13/11/2000 (d) 131/120/00
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
13. 13.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
14. 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) lake (c) rake (d) bun
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, key, fan, monkey, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGFMV (b) VMFKG (c) GKFMV (d) KFMVG
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Silly (b) Wet Silly Goats (c) Wet Goats Silly (d) Silly Wet Goats
17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine ___ Seven Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vines (b) Dogs (c) My (d) Every
18. 18.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) bell (c) cake (d) clock
19. 19.🎵 Which word does “bun” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) rain (d) bell
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, doll, lemon, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DULJ (b) JLDU (c) UDLJ (d) DLJU
22. 22.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
23. 23.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) never say it (c) read it once silently (d) change it each day
24. 24.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
26. 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) star (c) one (d) world
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, jeep, spoon? (a) Jeeps Sing Grab (b) Grab Jeeps Sing (c) Sing Jeeps Grab (d) Jeeps Grab Sing
28. 28.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) is very long (c) has no pattern (d) means something to you
29. 29.📅 The digits 25062023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2506/20/23 (b) 25/0620/23 (c) 250/620/23 (d) 25/06/2023
30. 30.📅 The digits 27081985 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/0819/85 (b) 270/819/85 (c) 27/08/1985 (d) 2708/19/85
31. 31.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
32. 32.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
33. 33.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
34. 34.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) fast (c) long (d) free
36. 36.📅 The digits 11051973 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/519/73 (b) 11/05/1973 (c) 1105/19/73 (d) 11/0519/73
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, mango, cat? (a) Vans My Cook (b) My Vans Cook (c) Cook My Vans (d) My Cook Vans
39. 39.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection
40. 40.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word

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