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.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, goat, drum, tomato, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTDGC (b) GDTBC (c) GCDTB (d) CGDTB
- 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Sing Lions Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Vans (c) Runs (d) Sing
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Sing (b) Sing Wet Goats (c) Goats Wet Sing (d) Wet Sing Goats
- 5.📅 The digits 25081975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 250/819/75 (b) 2508/19/75 (c) 25/08/1975 (d) 25/0819/75
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 710626344. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 710 263 44 (b) 170 626 344 (c) 710 626 344 (d) 710 062 6344
- 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
- 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, umpire, kettle, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MUKP (b) UMKP (c) UKPM (d) PKUM
- 10.True or false: “key” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) shock (b) sell (c) free (d) bright
- 12.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a rhyme about cats
- 13.📅 The digits 06072007 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 060/720/07 (b) 06/0720/07 (c) 0607/20/07 (d) 06/07/2007
- 14.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) egg (d) adult
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 919696151929. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9916 9615 1929 (b) 9196 9615 19299 (c) 9199 6151 929 (d) 9196 9615 1929
- 16.📅 The digits 28082019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/08/2019 (b) 2808/20/19 (c) 280/820/19 (d) 28/0820/19
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, van, urn, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUCA (b) CUVA (c) VAUC (d) AVUC
- 18.True or false: “well” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) lock (c) shock (d) white
- 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, tent, radio, ice cream, duck is “Crazy Tiny ___ Inside Dad”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Neat (b) Kids (c) Red (d) Eat
- 23.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 1320165086. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 123 016 5086 (b) 132 016 5086 (c) 113 201 65086 (d) 132 015 086
- 25.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) they are always true (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are longer
- 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) write (c) learn (d) know
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat ___ Seven Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yum (b) Eight (c) Vans (d) Ice
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 4312300810. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 431 230 810 (b) 431 230 08110 (c) 431 230 8010 (d) 431 230 0810
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) rock (b) shell (c) smell (d) shake
- 30.📅 The digits 07111953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/1119/53 (b) 0711/19/53 (c) 07/11/1953 (d) 071/119/53
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
- 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Very Every ___ Jump Silly Under Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) My (c) Tiny (d) Up
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink ___ Inside Silly Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Aunty (c) Neat (d) Cook
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in any order (c) backwards (d) in ABC order
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ball, coconut, parrot, urn, violin is “Bakes Cats ___ Up Very”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Eat (c) Inside (d) Play
- 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 1313842075. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 131 384 2075 (b) 131 384 2057 (c) 133 138 42075 (d) 313 842 075
- 39.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) king (b) bell (c) tree (d) sun
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, ant, needle, jeep, candle is “___ Aunty Nani Jeeps Cook”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tiny (b) Dance (c) Up (d) Wise
Answer key
- CGDTB
- an acronym
- Runs
- Sing Wet Goats
- 25/08/1975
- 710 626 344
- Venus
- one word holds a list
- MUKP
- False
- bright
- initials match the list
- 06/07/2007
- adult
- 9196 9615 1929
- 28/08/2019
- AVUC
- True
- Mercury
- white
- February
- Red
- 3
- 132 016 5086
- sound patterns stick
- know
- Eight
- 431 230 0810
- rock
- 07/11/1953
- RSLF
- NESW
- My
- Aunty
- in the same order
- Play
- north
- 131 384 2075
- tree
- Dance
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