Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 538 · 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.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
2. 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) wake (c) make (d) main
3. 3.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 19 and 47
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Sing Every Nine (b) Every Nine Sing Wins (c) Every Sing Wins Nine (d) Nine Every Sing Wins
5. 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink Aunty Inside ___ Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mum (b) Sing (c) Lazy (d) Cats
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Pigs Cook (b) Crazy Pigs Cook Eight (c) Eight Crazy Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Crazy Eight
7. 7.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
8. 8.📅 The digits 06112001 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 061/120/01 (b) 06/1120/01 (c) 06/11/2001 (d) 0611/20/01
9. 9.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
10. 10.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
12. 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) lock (b) make (c) wing (d) tell
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
14. 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) rake (b) spring (c) knee (d) wake
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 288537703. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 885 377 03 (b) 288 573 703 (c) 288 537 703 (d) 288 853 7703
16. 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) bright (b) sock (c) make (d) fight
17. 17.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Every Neat (c) Every Sing Wise Neat (d) Neat Every Sing Wise
19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani Eight Seven ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Wins (c) Goats (d) Young
20. 20.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Uranus
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pink Crazy (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eat (c) Eat Cook Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Cook Eat
22. 22.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 305018554. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 035 018 554 (b) 305 018 5544 (c) 305 018 554 (d) 300 185 54
24. 24.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a picture
25. 25.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) means something to you (c) changes daily (d) is very long
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, sock, mirror, whistle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMWBR (b) BWMSR (c) SRMWB (d) RSMWB
27. 27.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
29. 29.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 8662044896. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 866 204 896 (b) 866 204 4896 (c) 866 204 48996 (d) 686 204 4896
32. 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
33. 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) smell (b) sock (c) knock (d) bite
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 872748029345. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8274 8029 345 (b) 8727 4809 2345 (c) 8727 4802 9345 (d) 8727 4802 93345
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, pencil, fan, whistle, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWFPV (b) PVFWC (c) PFWCV (d) VPFWC
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, duck, anchor, fan, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAFBP (b) PDAFB (c) DPAFB (d) BFADP
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
39. 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) done (c) one (d) lake
40. 40.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word

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