Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 501 · 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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
2. 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) plane (b) bite (c) well (d) sing
3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
4. 4.True or false: “light” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) nothing at all (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
6. 6.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a rhyme about cats
7. 7.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wise Grab (b) Grab Wise Silly (c) Wise Silly Grab (d) Wise Grab Silly
9. 9.📅 The digits 15101950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/1019/50 (b) 1510/19/50 (c) 151/019/50 (d) 15/10/1950
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 708512302. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 708 512 302 (b) 708 511 2302 (c) 708 513 02 (d) 705 812 302
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 510994858. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 510 994 885 (b) 510 994 58 (c) 510 994 858 (d) 551 099 4858
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, fan, needle, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNFU (b) FUNW (c) FNWU (d) UFNW
15. 15.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
17. 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) world (c) one (d) planet
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, spoon, apple? (a) Bunny Seven Ants (b) Ants Seven Bunny (c) Seven Bunny Ants (d) Seven Ants Bunny
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 7826750853. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 782 675 053 (b) 782 675 08533 (c) 786 275 0853 (d) 782 675 0853
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, pillow, tomato, mirror, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PJTMA (b) PTMAJ (c) AMTPJ (d) JPTMA
21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Very Eight Mice Jump Silly Up ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kids (b) Fly (c) Dad (d) Nani
22. 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Neptune
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 1808321274. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 180 831 2274 (b) 180 083 21274 (c) 188 321 274 (d) 180 832 1274
24. 24.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 2098103100. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 209 810 3100 (b) 029 810 3100 (c) 209 981 03100 (d) 209 103 100
26. 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) spell (c) sell (d) lake
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Love Frogs (b) Frogs Love Sing Rani (c) Sing Love Frogs Rani (d) Rani Sing Love Frogs
28. 28.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
29. 29.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
30. 30.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) there is no list
32. 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
33. 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “All All ___ Sing Ants Eat Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) My (b) Vines (c) Ants (d) Nine
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, radio, needle? (a) Neat Rani Goats (b) Rani Neat Goats (c) Goats Rani Neat (d) Rani Goats Neat
35. 35.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 and 947
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Silly (b) Wet Green Silly (c) Wet Silly Green (d) Silly Wet Green
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 872471901. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 782 471 901 (b) 872 479 01 (c) 877 247 1901 (d) 872 471 901
38. 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) wake (b) bite (c) string (d) spell
39. 39.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
40. 40.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a maths sum

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