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 acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cats Eat (b) Eat Cats Cats Pink (c) Eat Cats Pink Cats (d) Cats Eat Pink Cats
- 3.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 19 and 47
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 586520768983. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5865 2076 89883 (b) 5865 2076 8893 (c) 5865 0768 983 (d) 5865 2076 8983
- 6.📅 The digits 28102011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/1020/11 (b) 281/020/11 (c) 2810/20/11 (d) 28/10/2011
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) shell (b) rake (c) make (d) shock
- 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) orange (d) violet
- 9.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) change it each day (c) say it aloud often (d) never say it
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very ___ Bakes Goats Young Owls Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Inside (b) Goats (c) Wise (d) Lazy
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Seven Wise ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) All (b) Green (c) Big (d) Love
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, ball, kettle? (a) Bunny Under Kind (b) Under Bunny Kind (c) Bunny Kind Under (d) Kind Bunny Under
- 13.True or false: “train” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 371006870670. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3710 0687 0670 (b) 3710 0687 6070 (c) 3710 0068 70670 (d) 3710 0687 070
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for doll, parrot, ice cream, anchor is “Dance ___ Inside All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Grab (c) Crazy (d) Play
- 16.True or false: “make” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Saturn
- 18.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is printed bigger (d) it is a smaller number
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
- 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pencil, ball, owl, ladder is “Play ___ Owls Love”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Runs (b) Big (c) Jeeps (d) Dogs
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 265959860. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 265 959 860 (b) 256 959 860 (c) 265 959 86 (d) 265 595 9860
- 22.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) sun (d) tree
- 23.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) has no pattern (c) changes daily (d) is very long
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Silly Runs (b) Silly Runs Lazy Fly (c) Silly Lazy Fly Runs (d) Runs Silly Lazy Fly
- 25.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 26.📅 The digits 20112013 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 201/120/13 (b) 20/11/2013 (c) 20/1120/13 (d) 2011/20/13
- 27.📅 The digits 04021969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/02/1969 (b) 04/0219/69 (c) 0402/19/69 (d) 040/219/69
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 673082188. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 670 382 188 (b) 673 008 2188 (c) 673 821 88 (d) 673 082 188
- 29.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
- 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) knock (b) rake (c) bake (d) thing
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 266795099010. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2667 9099 010 (b) 2667 9059 9010 (c) 2667 9509 90100 (d) 2667 9509 9010
- 33.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) one (c) brain (d) bun
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
- 36.📅 The digits 09122002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/1220/02 (b) 09/12/2002 (c) 091/220/02 (d) 0912/20/02
- 37.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) brain (b) bright (c) snake (d) sell
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, frog, pencil, doll, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPDBV (b) FVPDB (c) VFPDB (d) BDPFV
- 40.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- NESW
- Eat Cats Pink Cats
- False
- 19 and 47
- 5865 2076 8983
- 28/10/2011
- shock
- orange
- say it aloud often
- Inside
- Green
- Under Bunny Kind
- True
- 3710 0687 0670
- Play
- True
- Venus
- three chunks, not ten
- SWG
- Big
- 265 959 860
- bell
- means something to you
- Runs Silly Lazy Fly
- True
- 20/11/2013
- 04/02/1969
- 673 082 188
- a list in a fixed order
- thing
- MVEMJSUN
- 2667 9509 9010
- initials match the list
- brain
- ELPA
- 09/12/2002
- January
- sell
- VFPDB
- True
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