Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 497 · 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.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
4. 4.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
5. 5.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 121131135. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 121 131 135 (b) 121 131 153 (c) 121 131 1335 (d) 111 311 35
7. 7.📅 The digits 06032024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 060/320/24 (b) 06/0320/24 (c) 06/03/2024 (d) 0603/20/24
8. 8.📅 The digits 08072025 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/0720/25 (b) 08/07/2025 (c) 0807/20/25 (d) 080/720/25
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 1466313095. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 146 631 30095 (b) 146 631 0395 (c) 146 631 395 (d) 146 631 3095
10. 10.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
12. 12.📅 The digits 02092004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 020/920/04 (b) 0209/20/04 (c) 02/0920/04 (d) 02/09/2004
13. 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Sing ___ Green”. Which word fills the gap? (a) All (b) Wins (c) Bunny (d) Vines
14. 14.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
16. 16.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) sun (d) king
19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Sing ___ Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Vines (c) Wet (d) Grab
20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, banana, apple? (a) Big Ants Owls (b) Ants Big Owls (c) Big Owls Ants (d) Owls Big Ants
24. 24.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
25. 25.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they need no practice (c) they are longer (d) sound patterns stick
26. 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) done (c) ended (d) over
27. 27.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
28. 28.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
29. 29.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) light (c) white (d) fun
30. 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) known (c) right (d) clear
31. 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
32. 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bee (b) lake (c) swing (d) plane
33. 33.📅 The digits 07031978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/0319/78 (b) 07/03/1978 (c) 070/319/78 (d) 0703/19/78
34. 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) fun (c) bun (d) one
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
37. 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) won (b) sell (c) well (d) tell
38. 38.True or false: “plane” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) backwards
40. 40.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True

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