Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 92 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wise Neat (b) Neat Every Silly Wise (c) Every Neat Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Every Neat
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, sock, mirror? (a) Seven Very My (b) My Seven Very (c) Very Seven My (d) Seven My Very
3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, flute, wallet, net, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DNWFP (b) PFWND (c) FPWND (d) FWNDP
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, igloo, ant? (a) Aunty Inside Cats (b) Inside Cats Aunty (c) Inside Aunty Cats (d) Cats Inside Aunty
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
7. 7.True or false: “key” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 19 and 47
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
10. 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) cane (b) knee (c) shell (d) swing
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
13. 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) sea (b) plane (c) bee (d) bite
14. 14.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
15. 15.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
18. 18.📅 The digits 16091980 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1609/19/80 (b) 16/0919/80 (c) 16/09/1980 (d) 160/919/80
19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ice Bunny Green Yum ___ Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Goats (c) Tiny (d) Crazy
20. 20.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, umbrella, onion, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULOM (b) MOUL (c) LUOM (d) UOML
22. 22.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) learn (c) write (d) know
23. 23.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
25. 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) free (b) bite (c) fight (d) kite
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 318852002. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 318 852 02 (b) 331 885 2002 (c) 318 852 002 (d) 318 582 002
27. 27.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) night (b) sun (c) clock (d) rain
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, parrot, candle? (a) Pink Bunny Crazy (b) Pink Crazy Bunny (c) Crazy Pink Bunny (d) Bunny Pink Crazy
31. 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) smell (c) well (d) spell
32. 32.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) clock (d) bell
33. 33.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly ___ Mice Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) My (b) Eat (c) Fly (d) Seven
35. 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pillow, duck, needle, rope, van is “Pigs Dance Nine Red ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Very (c) Dogs (d) Wins
36. 36.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
37. 37.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
39. 39.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
40. 40.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) there is no list

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