Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 505 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
3. 3.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) right (c) clear (d) known
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 2468753828. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 246 875 382 (b) 246 875 38288 (c) 246 875 3828 (d) 246 785 3828
6. 6.📅 The digits 24062022 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2406/20/22 (b) 24/0620/22 (c) 240/620/22 (d) 24/06/2022
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 920954705392. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9029 5470 5392 (b) 9209 5470 5392 (c) 9209 5470 55392 (d) 9209 5705 392
8. 8.📅 The digits 19081961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 190/819/61 (b) 1908/19/61 (c) 19/0819/61 (d) 19/08/1961
9. 9.📅 The digits 04011961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/0119/61 (b) 0401/19/61 (c) 04/01/1961 (d) 040/119/61
10. 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) swing (b) smell (c) sock (d) block
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, cat, sock? (a) Crazy Sing Vans (b) Crazy Vans Sing (c) Sing Crazy Vans (d) Vans Crazy Sing
12. 12.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
14. 14.📅 The digits 22031954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 22/03/1954 (b) 22/0319/54 (c) 220/319/54 (d) 2203/19/54
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, cat, drum? (a) Cook Aunty Dogs (b) Cook Dogs Aunty (c) Aunty Cook Dogs (d) Dogs Cook Aunty
16. 16.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, banana, fan, pillow, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPFBI (b) IBFPN (c) BIFPN (d) BFPNI
18. 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for fan, nest, watch, radio is “Fly Nani ___ Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yaks (b) Wins (c) Very (d) Jump
19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) indigo (d) blue
20. 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
21. 21.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is a smaller number
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Cook Eat (c) Cook Eat Play Crazy (d) Cook Play Crazy Eat
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a silly, funny one
24. 24.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) cake (d) clock
26. 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) fight (c) lake (d) bite
27. 27.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a very long word (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
28. 28.True or false: “won” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Aunty Aunty Neat Seven Aunty Eight ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lazy (b) Frogs (c) Nine (d) All
30. 30.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
31. 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) won (b) fight (c) smell (d) block
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 5028053960. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 502 805 3960 (b) 550 280 53960 (c) 528 053 960 (d) 502 803 5960
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
34. 34.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) splitting into groups (c) writing it twice (d) saying it backwards
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
37. 37.📅 The digits 18041976 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1804/19/76 (b) 18/0419/76 (c) 18/04/1976 (d) 180/419/76
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) violet (d) red
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mice Funny Jump (b) Jump Funny Mice Aunty (c) Funny Mice Aunty Jump (d) Funny Jump Mice Aunty

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