Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 588 · 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.📅 The digits 02051998 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/05/1998 (b) 020/519/98 (c) 0205/19/98 (d) 02/0519/98
2. 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) done (c) over (d) learnt
3. 3.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it has fewer digits (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is printed bigger
4. 4.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern
5. 5.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 772622490646. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7262 2490 646 (b) 7726 2249 0664 (c) 7726 6224 90646 (d) 7726 2249 0646
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
8. 8.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 2794338199. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 279 433 8199 (b) 279 943 38199 (c) 279 438 3199 (d) 279 433 199
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 297370682. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 297 737 0682 (b) 297 370 682 (c) 297 370 68 (d) 279 370 682
13. 13.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
14. 14.📅 The digits 27101978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/10/1978 (b) 27/1019/78 (c) 271/019/78 (d) 2710/19/78
15. 15.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
17. 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spring (b) sing (c) swing (d) kite
18. 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for fan, candle, inkpot, owl is “Funny Cook ___ Only”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Ink (c) Ants (d) Wet
19. 19.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bake (b) tea (c) bee (d) ring
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
21. 21.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Lions Frogs (b) Sing Rani Lions Frogs (c) Sing Lions Frogs Rani (d) Frogs Lions Sing Rani
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 2173491799. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 273 491 799 (b) 217 394 1799 (c) 217 349 91799 (d) 217 349 1799
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, drum, coconut? (a) Dance Crazy Lions (b) Crazy Dance Lions (c) Dance Lions Crazy (d) Lions Dance Crazy
25. 25.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) again (c) more (d) twice
26. 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eight Crazy ___ Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Yum (c) Dad (d) Pink
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 249321940. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 249 321 940 (b) 249 321 40 (c) 249 932 1940 (d) 429 321 940
29. 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mercury
30. 30.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only pictures
31. 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for vase, lemon, mirror, owl, apple is “___ Lazy My Owls All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Nine (c) Very (d) Fly
32. 32.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Play Ants Ink Seven ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Bunny (c) Grab (d) Aunty
34. 34.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
35. 35.📅 The digits 06112019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/11/2019 (b) 06/1120/19 (c) 061/120/19 (d) 0611/20/19
36. 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) tricks (c) steps (d) games
37. 37.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, drum, ice cream, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UIDF (b) DFIU (c) DIUF (d) FDIU
40. 40.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list

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