Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 383 · 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.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
4. 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) one (c) planet (d) star
5. 5.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) rain (d) tree
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a silly, funny one
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, sock, urn, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASUK (b) KUSA (c) SUKA (d) SAUK
8. 8.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
9. 9.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
10. 10.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) bell (d) rain
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, ant, bucket? (a) Jump Aunty Big (b) Big Aunty Jump (c) Aunty Jump Big (d) Aunty Big Jump
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, ant, tiger? (a) Ants Toys Kites (b) Kites Ants Toys (c) Toys Ants Kites (d) Ants Kites Toys
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 411820422059. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4111 8204 22059 (b) 4118 2042 059 (c) 4118 2042 2059 (d) 1418 2042 2059
14. 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) green (d) orange
16. 16.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
17. 17.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) is very long (c) has no pattern (d) means something to you
18. 18.📅 The digits 18032025 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/03/2025 (b) 18/0320/25 (c) 1803/20/25 (d) 180/320/25
19. 19.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 7346986623. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 736 498 6623 (b) 734 698 6623 (c) 734 696 623 (d) 773 469 86623
21. 21.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) reading very fast (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
24. 24.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
26. 26.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
27. 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, duck, igloo, fan is “Crazy Dance Ink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yum (b) Funny (c) Every (d) Ink
28. 28.📅 The digits 10011965 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1001/19/65 (b) 100/119/65 (c) 10/01/1965 (d) 10/0119/65
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Every Neat (b) Every Silly Wise Neat (c) Every Neat Silly Wise (d) Neat Every Silly Wise
30. 30.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
31. 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in the same order (c) backwards (d) in any order
32. 32.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) done (b) learnt (c) over (d) ended
34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Eight Silly Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Kites (c) Ants (d) Tiny
35. 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) ton (b) bite (c) sell (d) fun
36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
37. 37.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, goat, monkey? (a) Grab Pink Mum (b) Grab Mum Pink (c) Mum Grab Pink (d) Pink Grab Mum
40. 40.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) writing it tiny (c) a beat or a tune (d) no rhythm at all

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