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) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, key, apple? (a) Lazy Kind Ants (b) Ants Kind Lazy (c) Kind Lazy Ants (d) Kind Ants Lazy
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 4719719170. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 471 919 170 (b) 471 979 1170 (c) 477 197 19170 (d) 471 971 9170
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cats Eight (b) Eight Cats Cats Pigs (c) Eight Cats Pigs Cats (d) Cats Eight Pigs Cats
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 196112601. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 196 112 601 (b) 196 111 2601 (c) 196 112 01 (d) 196 112 610
- 8.📅 The digits 25051955 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/0519/55 (b) 2505/19/55 (c) 25/05/1955 (d) 250/519/55
- 9.📅 The digits 11111983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1111/19/83 (b) 11/1119/83 (c) 11/11/1983 (d) 111/119/83
- 10.📅 The digits 14102009 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 14/10/2009 (b) 1410/20/09 (c) 14/1020/09 (d) 141/020/09
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Grab (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Wise Grab Seven
- 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for mirror, ball, glass, nest, ant is “My Bunny ___ Nine Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Goats (c) Red (d) Kites
- 14.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) orange
- 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) ton (b) white (c) main (d) bun
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 129131350. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 219 131 350 (b) 129 131 3350 (c) 129 131 35 (d) 129 131 350
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Pigs Cook (b) Eight Crazy Pigs Cook (c) Crazy Pigs Cook Eight (d) Cook Pigs Crazy Eight
- 20.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the oceans
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tent, lemon, urn, onion is “Tea Lazy ___ Only”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mum (b) Goats (c) Up (d) Cook
- 23.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 133816552141. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1338 1655 2141 (b) 1338 1652 141 (c) 1331 8655 2141 (d) 1333 8165 52141
- 25.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Goats (b) Goats Wins Silly (c) Wins Goats Silly (d) Silly Wins Goats
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violin, tent, guava, bucket, frog is “Vans Tea ___ Bunny Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Up (c) Runs (d) Every
- 28.📅 The digits 21071951 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 21/07/1951 (b) 210/719/51 (c) 21/0719/51 (d) 2107/19/51
- 29.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “___ All Nine Seven Ants Eat Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lazy (b) Aunty (c) Wins (d) Ink
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pigs Cook (b) Eat Cook Cook Pigs (c) Cook Pigs Cook Eat (d) Cook Eat Pigs Cook
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani Every ___ Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) Old (c) Silly (d) Jump
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 1440228456. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 144 022 8456 (b) 144 022 88456 (c) 144 022 8546 (d) 140 228 456
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, fan, parrot, drum, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDPFO (b) OFPDR (c) FPDRO (d) FOPDR
- 35.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, van, radio, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKRL (b) LRVK (c) VRLK (d) KVRL
- 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sell (b) sea (c) smell (d) tell
- 38.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) bright (c) lock (d) light
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines ___ Bunny Goats Yum Owls Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Mum (c) Inside (d) Wins
Answer key
- an acronym
- Lazy Kind Ants
- chunking
- what each letter means
- 471 971 9170
- Eight Cats Pigs Cats
- 196 112 601
- 25/05/1955
- 11/11/1983
- 14/10/2009
- Seven Wise Grab
- a first-letter sentence
- Goats
- False
- yellow
- a rhyme
- white
- 129 131 350
- Eight Crazy Pigs Cook
- False
- the rainbow colours
- Up
- an acronym
- 1338 1655 2141
- one word holds a list
- Silly Wins Goats
- Green
- 21/07/1951
- 5
- Aunty
- Eat Cook Pigs Cook
- Silly
- 144 022 8456
- OFPDR
- first letters as a word
- KVRL
- sea
- 4
- lock
- Inside
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