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.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
- 2.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
- 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) knock (c) sock (d) rock
- 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
- 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
- 6.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, jug, sock? (a) Jolly Sing Fly (b) Jolly Fly Sing (c) Fly Jolly Sing (d) Sing Jolly Fly
- 8.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 5052117417. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 505 121 7417 (b) 505 211 74417 (c) 505 217 417 (d) 505 211 7417
- 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 339558994. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 339 558 949 (b) 395 589 94 (c) 339 558 994 (d) 339 558 9944
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, umbrella, ice cream, lamp, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCILD (b) UILDC (c) CUILD (d) DLIUC
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) kite (c) tell (d) sell
- 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, candle, nest, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) INCD (b) CNID (c) DCNI (d) CDNI
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Seven Wins ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Wet (c) Uncle (d) Aunty
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 6423165955. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 642 311 65955 (b) 423 165 955 (c) 642 316 5955 (d) 462 316 5955
- 18.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 214807275169. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2148 0727 5196 (b) 2148 0727 569 (c) 2148 8072 75169 (d) 2148 0727 5169
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 233268061246. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2333 2680 61246 (b) 2332 6806 1246 (c) 2332 6806 146 (d) 2332 6860 1246
- 22.✏️ 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
- 23.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) learnt (c) ended (d) done
- 24.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) night (d) rain
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, violin, tent, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPTO (b) PVTO (c) OTVP (d) VTOP
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 364005517870. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3644 0055 17870 (b) 3640 0517 870 (c) 3604 0551 7870 (d) 3640 0551 7870
- 27.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets
- 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, inkpot, fan, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NIFD (b) INFD (c) DFIN (d) IFDN
- 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Inside Big Green Yaks ___ Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Vans (c) Frogs (d) Old
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a silly, funny one
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Silly Wise (b) Nine Every Silly Wise (c) Every Silly Wise Nine (d) Wise Silly Every Nine
- 35.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 36.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 37.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) clock (c) tree (d) bell
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, ant, monkey, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMCW (b) AWMC (c) CMAW (d) WAMC
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 308659160736. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3085 9160 736 (b) 3086 5916 07736 (c) 3086 5916 0736 (d) 3086 5196 0736
Answer key
- condensation
- north
- sing
- an acronym
- one word holds a list
- 4
- Fly Jolly Sing
- 2
- 505 211 7417
- east
- 339 558 994
- CUILD
- kite
- first letters as a word
- DCNI
- Goats
- 642 316 5955
- False
- blue
- 2148 0727 5169
- 2332 6806 1246
- initials match the list
- done
- tree
- PVTO
- 3640 0551 7870
- the rainbow colours
- NIFD
- evaporation
- MVEMJSUN
- Old
- a silly, funny one
- a rhyme
- Nine Every Silly Wise
- white
- 2
- True
- rain
- WAMC
- 3086 5916 0736
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