Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 81 · 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) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
2. 2.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) North America (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, umbrella, onion? (a) Wet Uncle Only (b) Uncle Only Wet (c) Only Uncle Wet (d) Uncle Wet Only
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Funny My Ants (b) Ants My Funny Jump (c) Funny Jump My Ants (d) Funny My Ants Jump
6. 6.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
8. 8.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the letters make no word (c) you like spelling (d) the list is short
9. 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) again (c) twice (d) fast
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, fan, radio? (a) Fly Nani Runs (b) Nani Fly Runs (c) Fly Runs Nani (d) Runs Fly Nani
11. 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Inside ___ Goats Young Only Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Runs (c) Bakes (d) Young
13. 13.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jeeps Frogs ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Love (b) My (c) Jeeps (d) Young
15. 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) April (d) March
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, ant, inkpot, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AUID (b) DIAU (c) AIDU (d) UAID
17. 17.📅 The digits 23011959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 23/01/1959 (b) 230/119/59 (c) 23/0119/59 (d) 2301/19/59
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 404378493217. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4043 7849 3217 (b) 4004 3784 93217 (c) 4043 8749 3217 (d) 4047 8493 217
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) violet
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
24. 24.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) clock (d) rain
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Cats Pigs (b) Cats Eight Pigs Cats (c) Eight Cats Pigs Cats (d) Cats Pigs Cats Eight
26. 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) snake (c) rake (d) tell
27. 27.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is a smaller number (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is printed bigger
28. 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) chain (b) fight (c) bright (d) bite
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (b) Cats Pigs Crazy Every (c) Cats Every Pigs Crazy (d) Every Cats Pigs Crazy
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 6029509085. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 602 950 9085 (b) 660 295 09085 (c) 602 950 0985 (d) 629 509 085
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
32. 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Vines ___ Mum Jeeps Silly Uncle Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eight (b) Crazy (c) Bakes (d) Grab
33. 33.📅 The digits 20011968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 20/0119/68 (b) 2001/19/68 (c) 20/01/1968 (d) 200/119/68
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 9173555989. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 971 355 5989 (b) 917 555 989 (c) 917 355 5989 (d) 991 735 55989
35. 35.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) ended (c) done (d) over
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
37. 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
38. 38.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) nothing else
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

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