Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 479 · 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.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) say (c) know (d) learn
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
3. 3.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pigs All ___ Seven Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Seven (c) Jeeps (d) Wet
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Seven Wins (b) Wins Seven Eight Nani (c) Nani Eight Seven Wins (d) Eight Seven Wins Nani
6. 6.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) yellow (d) red
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, ant, doll, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RADW (b) WDAR (c) ARDW (d) ADWR
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 261029834. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 261 029 834 (b) 261 098 34 (c) 261 029 843 (d) 261 102 9834
9. 9.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) night (c) tree (d) king
10. 10.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) means something to you (c) changes daily (d) is very long
11. 11.📅 The digits 24041988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/0419/88 (b) 240/419/88 (c) 24/04/1988 (d) 2404/19/88
12. 12.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, ladder, kettle, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LKVN (b) LNKV (c) VKLN (d) NLKV
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, urn, glass? (a) Uncle Very Goats (b) Uncle Goats Very (c) Goats Uncle Very (d) Very Uncle Goats
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
16. 16.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
17. 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Venus
18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
19. 19.📅 The digits 13061958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/0619/58 (b) 13/06/1958 (c) 130/619/58 (d) 1306/19/58
20. 20.True or false: “key” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants Ants Nine ___ Aunty Eat Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vines (b) Inside (c) Sing (d) Tiny
22. 22.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) rain (d) clock
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, banana, tiger, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTBC (b) BCTL (c) CBTL (d) BTLC
24. 24.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
25. 25.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for nest, urn, tiger, lemon is “Nani Up ___ Lions”. Which word fills the gap? (a) My (b) Tea (c) Young (d) Dad
28. 28.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, apple, parrot, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASPD (b) DPAS (c) SAPD (d) APDS
30. 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) star (c) planet (d) one
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 440612575669. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4406 1257 5669 (b) 4406 1257 55669 (c) 4061 2575 669 (d) 4406 1527 5669
32. 32.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 372986989. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 372 986 989 (b) 372 998 6989 (c) 329 869 89 (d) 732 986 989
34. 34.📅 The digits 17091969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 17/09/1969 (b) 17/0919/69 (c) 1709/19/69 (d) 170/919/69
35. 35.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, cat, key? (a) Cook Ants Kind (b) Ants Cook Kind (c) Kind Cook Ants (d) Cook Kind Ants
37. 37.📅 The digits 07071975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/07/1975 (b) 0707/19/75 (c) 070/719/75 (d) 07/0719/75
38. 38.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, frog, ice cream? (a) Ice Frogs Toys (b) Toys Frogs Ice (c) Frogs Toys Ice (d) Frogs Ice Toys

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