Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 417 · 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.True or false: “spell” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Crazy Every (b) Crazy Pigs Cook Every (c) Cook Every Pigs Crazy (d) Every Cook Pigs Crazy
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Pink Ants (b) Lazy Pink Ants Eat (c) Lazy Eat Pink Ants (d) Ants Pink Lazy Eat
4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Aunty Ants Neat Silly Ants ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Neat (c) Wins (d) Bunny
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, ball, mango? (a) Under Big My (b) Big My Under (c) My Big Under (d) Big Under My
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
7. 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very ___ Bunny Green Young Owls Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Wise (c) Ice (d) Yum
8. 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wins Green”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Toys (b) Jolly (c) Sing (d) Kids
9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) in the same order
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Eat Neat (b) Neat Eat Silly Wise (c) Eat Silly Wise Neat (d) Eat Neat Silly Wise
12. 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tell (b) white (c) well (d) sell
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 339947469. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 339 947 4699 (b) 339 947 649 (c) 339 947 49 (d) 339 947 469
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wet Sing (b) Wet Grab Sing (c) Sing Wet Grab (d) Wet Sing Grab
16. 16.📅 The digits 11022020 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/02/2020 (b) 11/0220/20 (c) 110/220/20 (d) 1102/20/20
17. 17.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
18. 18.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) night (d) king
19. 19.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) cake (d) tree
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) blue (d) orange
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Eat Neat (b) Neat Eat Silly Wins (c) Eat Silly Wins Neat (d) Eat Neat Silly Wins
23. 23.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) change it each day (c) never say it (d) read it once silently
24. 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) lane (b) white (c) spring (d) shell
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Frogs Red (b) Seven Red Lazy Frogs (c) Frogs Lazy Seven Red (d) Red Seven Lazy Frogs
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 3540946275. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 345 094 6275 (b) 354 094 6275 (c) 354 094 62775 (d) 540 946 275
28. 28.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
30. 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink ___ Inside Seven Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Cats (c) Inside (d) Aunty
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.📅 The digits 08092025 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0809/20/25 (b) 080/920/25 (c) 08/0920/25 (d) 08/09/2025
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lazy Pink Ants (b) Lazy Pink Ants Eight (c) Ants Pink Lazy Eight (d) Lazy Eight Pink Ants
34. 34.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) king (d) bell
35. 35.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
37. 37.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs Aunty Every (b) Every Lions Pigs Aunty (c) Aunty Pigs Lions Every (d) Lions Every Pigs Aunty
39. 39.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?

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