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.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Mars
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, fan, urn, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FUDW (b) WFUD (c) FWUD (d) DUFW
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 2168073489. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 216 807 3498 (b) 216 807 389 (c) 216 807 34889 (d) 216 807 3489
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) lake (c) snake (d) rock
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 3629714811. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 362 971 4811 (b) 362 791 4811 (c) 369 714 811 (d) 362 971 48111
- 6.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) cake (d) king
- 7.📅 The digits 27011977 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/01/1977 (b) 2701/19/77 (c) 270/119/77 (d) 27/0119/77
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 548144844793. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5481 4484 7493 (b) 5481 4484 4793 (c) 4814 4844 793 (d) 5481 4448 44793
- 9.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
- 10.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 12.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Sing (b) Grab Wise Sing (c) Wise Sing Grab (d) Sing Wise Grab
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 515710147018. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5157 1041 7018 (b) 5157 1017 018 (c) 5157 1014 70188 (d) 5157 1014 7018
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for umpire, ant, goat, lemon, sock is “Under Ants ___ Love Sing”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Mice (c) Toys (d) Dance
- 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, drum, ball? (a) Bakes Dogs Jolly (b) Dogs Jolly Bakes (c) Dogs Bakes Jolly (d) Jolly Dogs Bakes
- 18.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) has no pattern (c) changes daily (d) is very long
- 19.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
- 21.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 264610009393. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2466 1000 9393 (b) 2646 1000 993 (c) 2646 1000 9393 (d) 2664 6100 09393
- 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) brain (b) main (c) well (d) shock
- 24.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets
- 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 26.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
- 27.True or false: “free” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) nothing at all (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for sock, owl, tomato, whistle, pillow is “___ Old Tiny Wins Play”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Inside (c) Bunny (d) Mice
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vines Eat Mice Jeeps Sing ___ Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Red (c) Up (d) Ink
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) smell (c) shell (d) won
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, guava, nest, pillow, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWNPO (b) GNPOW (c) WGNPO (d) OPNGW
- 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for radio, duck, violin, kite is “Runs Dance ___ Kids”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) Eight (c) Nani (d) Tiny
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pigs Aunty Eight (b) Eight Love Pigs Aunty (c) Aunty Pigs Love Eight (d) Love Eight Pigs Aunty
- 36.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) sock (b) rake (c) train (d) won
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) one (b) light (c) rake (d) sock
- 39.📅 The digits 19122002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/1220/02 (b) 19/12/2002 (c) 1912/20/02 (d) 191/220/02
- 40.📅 The digits 08012023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/01/2023 (b) 08/0120/23 (c) 080/120/23 (d) 0801/20/23
Answer key
- Mars
- WFUD
- 216 807 3489
- rock
- 362 971 4811
- night
- 27/01/1977
- 5481 4484 4793
- what each letter means
- the letters make no word
- an acronym
- splitting into groups
- Sing Wise Grab
- 5157 1014 7018
- Goats
- PAISA
- Jolly Dogs Bakes
- means something to you
- False
- a list in a fixed order
- MVEMJSUN
- 2646 1000 9393
- shock
- the rainbow colours
- a rhyme
- first letters as a word
- True
- numbers and letter lists
- Silly
- Up
- won
- WGNPO
- ECPC
- Vans
- Eight Love Pigs Aunty
- 5
- won
- sock
- 19/12/2002
- 08/01/2023
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