Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 539 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, anchor, nest, violin, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVNAS (b) ANVPS (c) ASNVP (d) SANVP
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, mango, duck, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDMP (b) MDBP (c) MPDB (d) PMDB
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 226475842. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 262 475 842 (b) 264 758 42 (c) 226 475 842 (d) 226 475 8442
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 261221360. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 261 221 360 (b) 261 221 1360 (c) 261 213 60 (d) 216 221 360
9. 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) light (c) sea (d) fight
10. 10.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📅 The digits 18122013 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 181/220/13 (b) 18/12/2013 (c) 18/1220/13 (d) 1812/20/13
12. 12.True or false: “train” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📅 The digits 15031957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 150/319/57 (b) 1503/19/57 (c) 15/0319/57 (d) 15/03/1957
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
15. 15.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the oceans
16. 16.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
17. 17.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) clock (d) rain
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, ball, mirror? (a) Big Lazy My (b) Lazy Big My (c) Big My Lazy (d) My Big Lazy
19. 19.🎵 Which word does “string” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) king (d) bell
20. 20.📅 The digits 16031989 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1603/19/89 (b) 160/319/89 (c) 16/0319/89 (d) 16/03/1989
21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for inkpot, rose, anchor, key, coconut is “___ Runs Aunty Kites Crazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Crazy (c) Ink (d) Every
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 378143202216. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3781 4320 221 (b) 7381 4320 2216 (c) 3781 4320 22216 (d) 3781 4320 2216
23. 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) thing (b) wing (c) spring (d) sell
24. 24.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, tiger, pillow, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TBPI (b) BTPI (c) IPTB (d) TPIB
26. 26.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, apple, tent? (a) Ants Tea Jolly (b) Ants Jolly Tea (c) Jolly Ants Tea (d) Tea Ants Jolly
29. 29.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) block (b) key (c) knock (d) sock
30. 30.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
32. 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for candle, guava, jeep, ice cream is “Crazy Grab Jeeps ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Ice (c) Runs (d) Wins
33. 33.🔤 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
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, nest, anchor? (a) Aunty Neat Owls (b) Neat Aunty Owls (c) Neat Owls Aunty (d) Owls Neat Aunty
35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
36. 36.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
38. 38.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) steps (c) tricks (d) games
39. 39.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
40. 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) over (c) ended (d) done

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