Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 447 · 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 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
2. 2.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
3. 3.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no practice (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are always true
4. 4.🎵 Which word does “thing” rhyme with? (a) king (b) bell (c) tree (d) cake
5. 5.📅 The digits 10082000 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/0820/00 (b) 1008/20/00 (c) 100/820/00 (d) 10/08/2000
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
7. 7.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, fan, orange, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TOFV (b) FOTV (c) FVOT (d) VFOT
10. 10.📅 The digits 25081971 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 250/819/71 (b) 25/08/1971 (c) 2508/19/71 (d) 25/0819/71
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 985196065. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 985 190 665 (b) 985 160 65 (c) 985 519 6065 (d) 985 196 065
12. 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) write (c) learn (d) know
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 744935029065. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7744 9350 29065 (b) 7449 3029 065 (c) 7449 3502 9065 (d) 7449 5302 9065
14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, coconut, monkey, van, spoon is “Bunny Crazy ___ Vines Silly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Green (c) Runs (d) My
15. 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
16. 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) make (c) snake (d) white
17. 17.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only pictures (d) only numbers
18. 18.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
19. 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
20. 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) rake (c) bun (d) ton
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pink Cook (b) Every Cook Pink Cook (c) Every Cook Cook Pink (d) Cook Pink Cook Every
22. 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) pupa (d) adult
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Cats Every (b) Cats Every Play Cook (c) Cats Play Cook Every (d) Every Cats Play Cook
24. 24.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Red Love Funny (b) Sing Love Funny Red (c) Red Sing Love Funny (d) Funny Love Sing Red
27. 27.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
28. 28.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 7622005369. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 766 220 05369 (b) 762 005 369 (c) 762 200 5369 (d) 726 200 5369
31. 31.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) clock (d) night
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 282485624. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 282 248 5624 (b) 282 485 624 (c) 824 856 24 (d) 282 485 642
33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
34. 34.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) means something to you (c) changes daily (d) is very long
35. 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) bake (c) shell (d) lake
36. 36.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
37. 37.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
39. 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) shake (c) kite (d) white
40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury

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