Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 643 · 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 acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 728508024441. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7285 0802 4414 (b) 7285 0802 4441 (c) 7728 5080 24441 (d) 7285 8024 441
3. 3.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 1 9 4 7
4. 4.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
5. 5.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) more (c) fast (d) again
6. 6.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
7. 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) rock (b) snake (c) bright (d) lake
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 9153210871. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 991 532 10871 (b) 915 321 087 (c) 915 321 0871 (d) 915 320 1871
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, ice cream, rose? (a) Red Ink Kites (b) Ink Red Kites (c) Ink Kites Red (d) Kites Ink Red
10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
11. 11.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) change it each day (c) never say it (d) read it once silently
12. 12.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
14. 14.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) is very long
15. 15.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it has fewer digits
17. 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) bee (b) key (c) light (d) brain
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 482207845891. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4822 0874 5891 (b) 4220 7845 891 (c) 4822 0788 45891 (d) 4822 0784 5891
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, whistle, flute? (a) Wise Frogs Jolly (b) Jolly Wise Frogs (c) Wise Jolly Frogs (d) Frogs Wise Jolly
20. 20.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 3253555506. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 325 355 5506 (b) 325 355 55506 (c) 323 555 5506 (d) 353 555 506
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
23. 23.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 9479119555. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 947 791 19555 (b) 947 911 9555 (c) 497 911 9555 (d) 947 911 955
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 7069675171. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 069 675 171 (b) 706 967 55171 (c) 706 967 5171 (d) 706 976 5171
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Crazy Every (b) Every Cook Pink Crazy (c) Cook Every Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Cook Every
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Play Aunty (b) Eight Love Play Aunty (c) Aunty Play Love Eight (d) Love Play Aunty Eight
28. 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spring (b) string (c) wing (d) shell
29. 29.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, nest, ball, goat, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGBNT (b) TNBGU (c) NTBGU (d) NBGUT
31. 31.📅 The digits 07121990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 071/219/90 (b) 0712/19/90 (c) 07/1219/90 (d) 07/12/1990
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 129251537070. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1292 5537 070 (b) 1292 5153 7070 (c) 1292 5153 77070 (d) 1292 5153 0770
33. 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) lane (b) ton (c) bake (d) make
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, goat, rose, urn, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CURGK (b) GKRUC (c) KGRUC (d) GRUCK
35. 35.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ 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
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, whistle, jug? (a) Jump Wet Crazy (b) Wet Jump Crazy (c) Crazy Wet Jump (d) Wet Crazy Jump
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 178874211. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 178 874 21 (b) 117 887 4211 (c) 178 784 211 (d) 178 874 211
39. 39.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) sun (d) clock
40. 40.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks

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