Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 436 · 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 list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
3. 3.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
6. 6.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 140466997316. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1440 6699 7316 (b) 1404 6699 97316 (c) 1404 6699 716 (d) 1404 6699 7316
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 622877852936. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6227 7852 936 (b) 6228 8778 52936 (c) 6227 8785 2936 (d) 6228 7785 2936
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, monkey, duck, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDMI (b) MDGI (c) MIDG (d) IMDG
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 549592655280. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5495 9926 55280 (b) 5495 9265 5208 (c) 5495 9265 5280 (d) 5495 2655 280
11. 11.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) changes daily
12. 12.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
13. 13.📅 The digits 07091968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 070/919/68 (b) 07/0919/68 (c) 0709/19/68 (d) 07/09/1968
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wet Nani (b) Every Nani Silly Wet (c) Nani Every Silly Wet (d) Wet Silly Every Nani
15. 15.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) night (b) rain (c) cake (d) clock
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
17. 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) yellow (b) violet (c) orange (d) red
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) a dull, plain one
20. 20.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) night (b) bell (c) cake (d) rain
21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Rani ___ Lazy Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Runs (b) Owls (c) Bunny (d) Sing
22. 22.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 204310242. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 204 431 0242 (b) 203 410 242 (c) 204 310 242 (d) 043 102 42
24. 24.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
25. 25.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for nest, frog, van, duck is “___ Frogs Very Dance”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Nani (c) Seven (d) Funny
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) violet (c) orange (d) green
30. 30.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) writing it tiny (c) a beat or a tune (d) saying it once quietly
31. 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pigs Love Eight (b) Eight Love Pigs Ants (c) Love Eight Pigs Ants (d) Love Pigs Ants Eight
33. 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) bake (b) cane (c) kite (d) one
34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Inside Bunny Grab Yaks Old ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Crazy (c) Old (d) Every
35. 35.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 8305750860. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 830 575 0806 (b) 830 575 860 (c) 830 575 0860 (d) 883 057 50860
37. 37.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) bell (d) clock
38. 38.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is printed bigger (d) three chunks, not ten
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Silly Wise (b) Every Silly Wise Nani (c) Nani Every Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Every Nani
40. 40.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) lake (b) snake (c) bright (d) run

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