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.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) done (b) learnt (c) ended (d) over
- 3.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 4.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Rani Silly Lazy ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Fly (b) Every (c) Dad (d) Yum
- 7.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Silly Wise (b) Eight Silly Wise Nani (c) Nani Eight Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Eight Nani
- 9.True or false: “knock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Every ___ Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Red (b) Lions (c) Vines (d) Silly
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) bite (c) kite (d) sock
- 13.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
- 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) steps (c) games (d) tricks
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, owl, umpire, bucket, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VOUBS (b) OVUBS (c) OUBSV (d) SBUOV
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 683013754719. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6830 1337 54719 (b) 6830 1375 4719 (c) 6830 1375 4179 (d) 6801 3754 719
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
- 18.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 19 and 47
- 19.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 20.📅 The digits 17011995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 170/119/95 (b) 1701/19/95 (c) 17/01/1995 (d) 17/0119/95
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, drum, shoe, vase, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADSVF (b) DSVFA (c) DASVF (d) FVSDA
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, coconut, net? (a) Cats Ants Neat (b) Neat Cats Ants (c) Ants Cats Neat (d) Cats Neat Ants
- 23.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 24.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, spoon, fan, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NSFU (b) SFUN (c) UFSN (d) SNFU
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every Lazy ___ Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) Yaks (c) Pigs (d) Ink
- 27.🎵 Which word does “knee” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) king (c) cake (d) night
- 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) light (b) rake (c) wing (d) smell
- 30.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) sun (d) clock
- 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) cane (b) sing (c) lane (d) main
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, vase, orange? (a) Aunty Very Owls (b) Owls Very Aunty (c) Very Owls Aunty (d) Very Aunty Owls
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 817827074. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 817 827 74 (b) 817 872 074 (c) 817 782 7074 (d) 817 827 074
- 35.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 36.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
- 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 39.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) clock (c) night (d) rain
- 40.📅 The digits 04081985 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 040/819/85 (b) 04/0819/85 (c) 04/08/1985 (d) 0408/19/85
Answer key
- a list in a fixed order
- done
- condensation
- False
- splitting into groups
- Fly
- True
- Nani Eight Silly Wise
- True
- one word holds a list
- Silly
- sock
- initials match the list
- tricks
- VOUBS
- 6830 1375 4719
- MVEMJSUN
- 19 and 47
- 8
- 17/01/1995
- ADSVF
- Ants Cats Neat
- 4
- first letters as a word
- NSFU
- Pigs
- tree
- ECPC
- rake
- sun
- True
- sing
- Aunty Very Owls
- 817 827 074
- 2
- what each letter means
- True
- chunking
- rain
- 04/08/1985
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