Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 408 · 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.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
2. 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) cane (b) rake (c) chain (d) run
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 321741531. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 321 741 531 (b) 321 714 531 (c) 327 415 31 (d) 322 174 1531
4. 4.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
5. 5.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
7. 7.📅 The digits 23031983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 230/319/83 (b) 2303/19/83 (c) 23/0319/83 (d) 23/03/1983
8. 8.🎵 Which word does “write” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) king (d) clock
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, tiger, apple, whistle, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TAWKF (b) TFAWK (c) FTAWK (d) KWATF
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eat Play Ants (b) Ants Play Lazy Eat (c) Eat Lazy Play Ants (d) Lazy Play Ants Eat
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 136451264. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 136 451 264 (b) 133 645 1264 (c) 136 451 24 (d) 136 451 624
13. 13.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
14. 14.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) rain (d) bell
15. 15.📅 The digits 25061995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/0619/95 (b) 2506/19/95 (c) 25/06/1995 (d) 250/619/95
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 810721839580. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8107 2183 9580 (b) 1072 1839 580 (c) 8107 2183 99580 (d) 8107 2138 9580
18. 18.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
19. 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 9860022026. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 986 002 2206 (b) 986 002 22026 (c) 986 002 2026 (d) 960 022 026
21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rope, candle, duck, tent is “Rani ___ Dance Tea”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Crazy (c) Red (d) Bakes
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, igloo, duck? (a) Ice Big Dad (b) Dad Ice Big (c) Big Ice Dad (d) Ice Dad Big
23. 23.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
25. 25.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) sun (d) king
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nine Seven Wise (b) Nine Eight Seven Wise (c) Wise Seven Eight Nine (d) Eight Seven Wise Nine
28. 28.📅 The digits 11011963 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/119/63 (b) 1101/19/63 (c) 11/01/1963 (d) 11/0119/63
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
30. 30.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
31. 31.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) twice (c) again (d) more
32. 32.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wise Nani (b) Wise Silly Eat Nani (c) Nani Eat Silly Wise (d) Eat Nani Silly Wise
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Frogs Mum Ants (b) Frogs Jump Mum Ants (c) Ants Mum Frogs Jump (d) Frogs Mum Ants Jump
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, kite, spoon, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKSO (b) KDSO (c) OSKD (d) KSOD
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Lions Fly (b) Red Seven Lions Fly (c) Seven Lions Fly Red (d) Fly Lions Seven Red
37. 37.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) Africa
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Sing Wins (b) Neat Eight Sing Wins (c) Eight Sing Wins Neat (d) Wins Sing Eight Neat
39. 39.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?

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