Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 622 · 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 15071951 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1507/19/51 (b) 15/0719/51 (c) 150/719/51 (d) 15/07/1951
2. 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) wing (b) bee (c) bright (d) thing
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Fly My Ants (b) Fly My Ants Jolly (c) Ants My Fly Jolly (d) Fly Jolly My Ants
4. 4.✏️ 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
5. 5.📅 The digits 13061967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/0619/67 (b) 130/619/67 (c) 13/06/1967 (d) 1306/19/67
6. 6.📅 The digits 16101965 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 161/019/65 (b) 16/1019/65 (c) 16/10/1965 (d) 1610/19/65
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violin, jeep, owl, tiger, needle is “Vans Jolly Old Toys ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Neat (b) Big (c) Vans (d) Grab
9. 9.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Play Cats (b) Cats Play Cats Eight (c) Cats Eight Play Cats (d) Eight Cats Cats Play
11. 11.True or false: “free” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) one (c) planet (d) world
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 200350000. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 350 000 (b) 200 500 00 (c) 020 350 000 (d) 200 350 0000
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, tent, bucket, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBTS (b) TBCS (c) TSBC (d) STBC
15. 15.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) right (c) clear (d) known
16. 16.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) saying it backwards (c) reading very fast (d) writing it twice
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, umbrella, fan, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) USFJ (b) SUFJ (c) JFUS (d) UFJS
18. 18.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
19. 19.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
21. 21.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is a smaller number (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is printed bigger
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, apple, lemon? (a) Ants Very Lions (b) Lions Ants Very (c) Ants Lions Very (d) Very Ants Lions
24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in any order
25. 25.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Mars
26. 26.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) night (d) king
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ball, umpire, fan, monkey, wallet is “Bunny Under Funny Mum ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) Sing (c) Big (d) Wins
29. 29.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 1700757118. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 700 757 118 (b) 177 007 57118 (c) 170 077 5118 (d) 170 075 7118
31. 31.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
32. 32.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) ended (c) over (d) done
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 613327296135. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6133 2279 6135 (b) 6133 2296 135 (c) 6133 2729 6135 (d) 6133 3272 96135
34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for mirror, urn, vase, jalebi is “Mice ___ Vines Jolly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Uncle (b) Dogs (c) Wins (d) Silly
35. 35.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) king (d) tree
36. 36.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) sun (d) clock
37. 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knee (b) lake (c) tea (d) key
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, spoon, ball, pillow, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPBSV (b) VSBPC (c) SBPCV (d) SVBPC
39. 39.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) sound patterns stick (c) they need no practice (d) they are longer
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, monkey, umbrella, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTUS (b) MUST (c) SUMT (d) TMUS

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