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.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) main (b) string (c) rock (d) three
- 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
- 4.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, glass, ball, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBGS (b) GBKS (c) GSBK (d) SGBK
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Aunty ___ Nani Silly Aunty Eat Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Lazy (c) Yum (d) All
- 8.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
- 11.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) larva (d) pupa
- 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 13.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 15.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) say (c) learn (d) write
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for net, mango, rose, flute, guava is “Nani Mum Rani ___ Green”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Silly (c) All (d) Funny
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for orange, mirror, vase, cat is “Only Mice Very ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) Under (c) Cats (d) Red
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Sing (b) Wise Grab Sing (c) Wise Sing Grab (d) Sing Wise Grab
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 661860112. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 616 860 112 (b) 661 860 0112 (c) 661 801 12 (d) 661 860 112
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, rope, violin? (a) Runs Vines Funny (b) Funny Runs Vines (c) Vines Runs Funny (d) Runs Funny Vines
- 21.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Play Aunty (b) Lions Play Aunty Eat (c) Eat Lions Play Aunty (d) Aunty Play Lions Eat
- 23.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 24.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
- 25.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
- 26.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 27.True or false: “won” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 725349448. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 723 549 448 (b) 725 349 448 (c) 723 494 48 (d) 725 349 4448
- 29.True or false: “sock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, drum, rose? (a) Dad Bunny Runs (b) Dad Runs Bunny (c) Runs Dad Bunny (d) Bunny Dad Runs
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, urn, lamp? (a) Lions Up My (b) Up Lions My (c) My Up Lions (d) Up My Lions
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, jug, inkpot? (a) Jeeps Ink Rani (b) Ink Jeeps Rani (c) Jeeps Rani Ink (d) Rani Jeeps Ink
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, radio, vase, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRVL (b) LVRN (c) RVLN (d) RNVL
- 35.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 2893253779. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 893 253 779 (b) 289 352 3779 (c) 289 932 53779 (d) 289 325 3779
- 37.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, pillow, onion, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GOPF (b) PFOG (c) FPOG (d) POGF
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) string (c) spell (d) sing
- 40.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is printed bigger (d) it has fewer digits
Answer key
- collection
- rock
- a first-letter sentence
- 4
- SWG
- SGBK
- All
- True
- white
- NESW
- adult
- chunking
- True
- an acronym
- know
- Funny
- Cats
- Sing Wise Grab
- 661 860 112
- Funny Runs Vines
- green
- Eat Lions Play Aunty
- one word holds a list
- initials match the list
- egg
- 19 and 47
- True
- 725 349 448
- True
- Bunny Dad Runs
- in the same order
- My Up Lions
- Rani Jeeps Ink
- NRVL
- 9
- 289 325 3779
- means something to you
- FPOG
- spell
- three chunks, not ten
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