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: kettle, doll, lamp, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLBK (b) KDLB (c) DKLB (d) BLDK
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) APISA
- 3.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 4.📅 The digits 01022003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/02/2003 (b) 010/220/03 (c) 01/0220/03 (d) 0102/20/03
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 763567254. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 763 567 25 (b) 763 567 2554 (c) 763 567 254 (d) 763 657 254
- 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 7.🔤 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
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, pencil, anchor? (a) Play Ants Old (b) Old Play Ants (c) Ants Play Old (d) Play Old Ants
- 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
- 11.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) changes daily (c) means something to you (d) is very long
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rock (b) knock (c) shock (d) shake
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 4764699278. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 476 496 9278 (b) 476 646 99278 (c) 476 469 9278 (d) 476 469 978
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, jug, radio? (a) Jolly Red Wet (b) Red Jolly Wet (c) Wet Jolly Red (d) Jolly Wet Red
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) plane (b) lock (c) tell (d) done
- 16.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Indian
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
- 18.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, apple, mirror? (a) Aunty My Tiny (b) My Aunty Tiny (c) Aunty Tiny My (d) Tiny Aunty My
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Eight Nani (b) Nani Eight Seven Wet (c) Eight Nani Seven Wet (d) Eight Seven Wet Nani
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, glass, ant? (a) Dance Grab Ants (b) Grab Dance Ants (c) Ants Grab Dance (d) Grab Ants Dance
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink All Inside Silly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Cats (c) Dance (d) Ants
- 23.📅 The digits 04031990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 040/319/90 (b) 0403/19/90 (c) 04/0319/90 (d) 04/03/1990
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lazy Fly Red (b) Red Silly Lazy Fly (c) Silly Red Lazy Fly (d) Fly Lazy Silly Red
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, anchor, urn? (a) All Runs Uncle (b) All Uncle Runs (c) Uncle All Runs (d) Runs All Uncle
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, apple, duck, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TADG (b) ATDG (c) ADGT (d) GDAT
- 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) say (c) write (d) know
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 649508466. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 645 908 466 (b) 649 950 8466 (c) 645 084 66 (d) 649 508 466
- 29.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cats Every (b) Cats Pigs Cook Every (c) Cook Every Pigs Cats (d) Every Cook Pigs Cats
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 854713270. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 854 731 270 (b) 854 713 2770 (c) 854 712 70 (d) 854 713 270
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, mango, spoon, tent, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTSMN (b) MNSTF (c) NMSTF (d) MSTFN
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 9025120239. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 902 510 2239 (b) 902 512 023 (c) 902 512 20239 (d) 902 512 0239
- 35.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the letters make no word (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
- 36.✏️ 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
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, nest, ball? (a) Neat Bunny Dad (b) Bunny Neat Dad (c) Dad Neat Bunny (d) Neat Dad Bunny
- 38.📅 The digits 23081966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 230/819/66 (b) 2308/19/66 (c) 23/0819/66 (d) 23/08/1966
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, sock, orange? (a) Silly Owls Cook (b) Owls Silly Cook (c) Cook Silly Owls (d) Silly Cook Owls
- 40.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
Answer key
- KDLB
- PAISA
- False
- 01/02/2003
- 763 567 254
- a first-letter sentence
- NESW
- Old Play Ants
- False
- ELPA
- means something to you
- shake
- 476 469 9278
- Wet Jolly Red
- plane
- Arctic
- ECPC
- what each letter means
- Tiny Aunty My
- Nani Eight Seven Wet
- Dance Grab Ants
- Ants
- 04/03/1990
- Red Silly Lazy Fly
- Runs All Uncle
- TADG
- know
- 649 508 466
- one word holds a list
- a first-letter sentence
- Every Cook Pigs Cats
- 854 713 270
- NMSTF
- 902 512 0239
- the letters make no word
- initials match the list
- Dad Neat Bunny
- 23/08/1966
- Cook Silly Owls
- saffron
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