Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test
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.
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- 1.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cats Every (b) Every Cats Cats Pink (c) Every Cats Pink Cats (d) Cats Every Pink Cats
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 6675658665. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 676 565 8665 (b) 667 566 58665 (c) 667 565 8665 (d) 667 565 865
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Ink Big Green Yum Owls Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Inside (b) Play (c) Vines (d) Tiny
- 4.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
- 5.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, fan, tomato, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDTP (b) FTPD (c) PTFD (d) DFTP
- 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Uranus
- 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 342570153413. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3425 7015 3143 (b) 3425 7015 343 (c) 3425 7011 53413 (d) 3425 7015 3413
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, ball, violin, tomato, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBVTA (b) BSVTA (c) ATVBS (d) BVTAS
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) train (c) plane (d) main
- 13.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
- 14.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, tiger, spoon, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LSTV (b) TSLV (c) VTSL (d) TVSL
- 16.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) sound patterns stick (c) they need no practice (d) they are always true
- 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) one (c) world (d) planet
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, lemon, ice cream? (a) Ink Lions Bakes (b) Bakes Lions Ink (c) Lions Bakes Ink (d) Lions Ink Bakes
- 19.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 726441655177. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7264 4165 5177 (b) 7264 4165 51177 (c) 2764 4165 5177 (d) 7244 1655 177
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 22.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) rain (d) king
- 23.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
- 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
- 26.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 27.🧰 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
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, anchor, whistle, frog, jug is “Grab Ants ___ Funny Jolly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Crazy (c) Up (d) Wise
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wins Nani (b) Wins Sing Every Nani (c) Nani Every Sing Wins (d) Every Nani Sing Wins
- 30.True or false: “key” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
- 32.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the letters make no word (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kite, inkpot, doll, urn is “Kites Ice Dance ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Seven (c) Nine (d) Old
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
- 35.📅 The digits 10051967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1005/19/67 (b) 10/0519/67 (c) 100/519/67 (d) 10/05/1967
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 2056703389. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 205 670 389 (b) 205 760 3389 (c) 205 670 33389 (d) 205 670 3389
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a dull, plain one
- 38.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Venus
- 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) fun (b) brain (c) lock (d) wake
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, rope, coconut? (a) Runs Tiny Crazy (b) Runs Crazy Tiny (c) Crazy Runs Tiny (d) Tiny Runs Crazy
Answer key
- Every Cats Pink Cats
- 667 565 8665
- Vines
- evaporation
- 5
- DFTP
- Uranus
- False
- MVEMJSUN
- 3425 7015 3413
- SBVTA
- spell
- initials match the list
- the rainbow colours
- VTSL
- sound patterns stick
- one
- Bakes Lions Ink
- 19 and 47
- 7264 4165 5177
- a rhyme
- rain
- 7
- NESW
- saffron
- 8
- chunking
- Wise
- Nani Every Sing Wins
- True
- March
- the letters make no word
- Under
- VIBGYOR
- 10/05/1967
- 205 670 3389
- a silly, funny one
- Venus
- wake
- Tiny Runs Crazy
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