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 kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
- 3.📅 The digits 18111970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/1119/70 (b) 181/119/70 (c) 1811/19/70 (d) 18/11/1970
- 4.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Venus
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, igloo, frog, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JIFO (b) OFIJ (c) IJFO (d) IFOJ
- 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) done (c) over (d) learnt
- 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 8.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) bell (d) night
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Silly Wins (b) Every Silly Wins Nani (c) Wins Silly Every Nani (d) Nani Every Silly Wins
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, sock, apple? (a) Silly Lazy Ants (b) Ants Silly Lazy (c) Lazy Silly Ants (d) Silly Ants Lazy
- 11.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, owl, guava? (a) Old Aunty Green (b) Aunty Old Green (c) Green Old Aunty (d) Old Green Aunty
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, onion, mirror, umbrella is “___ Owls My Under”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Dad (c) Fly (d) Very
- 14.True or false: “main” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans ___ Big Green Yaks Old Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Ice (c) Very (d) Pigs
- 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection
- 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 18.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the months
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, drum, kite, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAKR (b) ADKR (c) DKRA (d) RKDA
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, mango, lamp, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMLF (b) MLFP (c) FLMP (d) MPLF
- 21.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, needle, radio? (a) Nani Fly Rani (b) Fly Nani Rani (c) Rani Nani Fly (d) Nani Rani Fly
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 599140832. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 599 140 82 (b) 559 914 0832 (c) 599 140 382 (d) 599 140 832
- 24.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
- 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ladder, coconut, apple, orange, mirror is “___ Cats Ants Old My”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Uncle (b) Fly (c) Lions (d) Dogs
- 28.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) king (d) tree
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) tea (b) smell (c) bake (d) main
- 30.🔢 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
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lane (b) plane (c) make (d) train
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, frog, anchor, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FADP (b) DAFP (c) FPAD (d) PFAD
- 33.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) changes daily (c) is very long (d) has no pattern
- 34.📅 The digits 20091987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 200/919/87 (b) 20/0919/87 (c) 20/09/1987 (d) 2009/19/87
- 35.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 738119708026. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7381 1978 0026 (b) 7738 1197 08026 (c) 7381 9708 026 (d) 7381 1970 8026
- 37.🎵 Which word does “done” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) sun (d) night
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) backwards
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, mango, igloo, net, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MINRA (b) RNIMA (c) MAINR (d) AMINR
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for coconut, net, vase, umpire, frog is “Cook Nine ___ Uncle Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vines (b) Love (c) Up (d) Bunny
Answer key
- an acronym
- ECPC
- 18/11/1970
- Jupiter
- JIFO
- done
- VIBGYOR
- bell
- Nani Every Silly Wins
- Lazy Silly Ants
- 9
- Aunty Old Green
- Dad
- False
- Ice
- condensation
- chunking
- the rainbow colours
- ADKR
- PMLF
- chunking
- Fly Nani Rani
- 599 140 832
- 4
- white
- precipitation
- Lions
- rain
- smell
- three chunks, not ten
- make
- PFAD
- means something to you
- 20/09/1987
- one word holds a list
- 7381 1970 8026
- sun
- in the same order
- AMINR
- Vines
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