Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 535 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Silly Wise (b) Eat Silly Wise Neat (c) Wise Silly Eat Neat (d) Neat Eat Silly Wise
2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) indigo (d) yellow
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 286284947242. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2862 8449 47242 (b) 2862 8494 7242 (c) 2862 4894 7242 (d) 2862 8494 722
4. 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My All Jeeps (b) All My Frogs Jeeps (c) Frogs Jeeps My All (d) Jeeps Frogs My All
6. 6.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) night (c) tree (d) cake
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 2617604207. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 261 760 4207 (b) 261 670 4207 (c) 261 604 207 (d) 266 176 04207
8. 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) Australia (d) Africa
9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pencil, fan, needle, urn is “Play ___ Nine Up”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Aunty (c) Cats (d) Fly
10. 10.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 888544094502. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8885 4094 502 (b) 8885 4409 45502 (c) 8885 4409 4502 (d) 8885 4049 4502
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
15. 15.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) learnt (c) done (d) ended
18. 18.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
19. 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) planet (c) world (d) one
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Seven Wise (b) Eat Seven Wise Neat (c) Neat Eat Seven Wise (d) Wise Seven Eat Neat
21. 21.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
22. 22.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine ___ Seven Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Every (c) Play (d) Vines
25. 25.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) rain (d) tree
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, umbrella, ice cream? (a) Uncle Tea Ice (b) Uncle Ice Tea (c) Tea Uncle Ice (d) Ice Uncle Tea
27. 27.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a dull, plain one
29. 29.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) rain (d) tree
30. 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) ring (b) plane (c) sock (d) bee
31. 31.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) sound patterns stick (b) they are always true (c) they need no practice (d) they are longer
32. 32.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, ant, coconut, vase, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASCVW (b) ACVWS (c) WVCAS (d) SACVW
35. 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants Ants Nine ___ Aunty Eat Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Wise (c) Lazy (d) Sing
36. 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) sing (c) string (d) swing
37. 37.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) king (d) night
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, lemon, monkey? (a) Jolly Lions Mum (b) Lions Jolly Mum (c) Lions Mum Jolly (d) Mum Lions Jolly
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 945934446792. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9459 3446 792 (b) 9459 3444 6792 (c) 9459 3444 67922 (d) 9495 3444 6792
40. 40.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym

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