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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, shoe, tomato? (a) Tiny Seven Cook (b) Seven Tiny Cook (c) Seven Cook Tiny (d) Cook Seven Tiny
- 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) one (c) planet (d) world
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, owl, umpire, vase, rope is “Bunny Old Uncle Vans ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Tea (c) All (d) My
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Fly Red (b) Silly Red Love Fly (c) Red Silly Love Fly (d) Fly Love Silly Red
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) won (c) spell (d) run
- 10.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, net, frog, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFRA (b) ANFR (c) NAFR (d) RFNA
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
- 14.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) cake (d) night
- 15.📅 The digits 02012002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0201/20/02 (b) 02/0120/02 (c) 02/01/2002 (d) 020/120/02
- 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) violet (d) indigo
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ladder, apple, rope, drum, whistle is “Lions All ___ Dance Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Runs (b) Wet (c) Yaks (d) Big
- 18.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 6371893298. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 637 188 93298 (b) 637 198 3298 (c) 637 189 3298 (d) 637 189 328
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) sock (b) smell (c) run (d) white
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for doll, radio, orange, ant is “Dad ___ Only Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Red (c) Young (d) Owls
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 733007161. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 730 071 61 (b) 733 007 161 (c) 733 007 1661 (d) 373 007 161
- 24.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a rhyme about cats
- 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Crazy Pigs (d) Crazy Every Pigs Crazy
- 27.🔤 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
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a dull, plain one
- 29.📅 The digits 06101957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 061/019/57 (b) 06/1019/57 (c) 0610/19/57 (d) 06/10/1957
- 30.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is a smaller number
- 31.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) splitting into groups (c) reading very fast (d) saying it backwards
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, pillow, bucket, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBJV (b) PVBJ (c) VPBJ (d) JBPV
- 33.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rope, whistle, apple, pillow is “Red Wise ___ Play”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Vans (c) Funny (d) Aunty
- 35.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, pencil, doll, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NDPT (b) PDNT (c) TPDN (d) PTDN
- 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 8466600570. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 846 660 0570 (b) 846 660 05770 (c) 846 660 050 (d) 846 660 0750
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 108621312330. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1088 6213 12330 (b) 1086 2131 330 (c) 1086 2131 2330 (d) 1086 2311 2330
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kettle, lemon, shoe, flute, ice cream is “Kites Lazy Sing ___ Ink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kites (b) Goats (c) Fly (d) Nine
Answer key
- Cook Seven Tiny
- a first-letter sentence
- one word holds a list
- one
- PAISA
- Rani
- Red Silly Love Fly
- JFMA
- spell
- saffron
- in the same order
- ANFR
- MVEMJSUN
- night
- 02/01/2002
- orange
- Runs
- True
- evaporation
- 637 189 3298
- sock
- Red
- 733 007 161
- initials match the list
- chunking
- Every Crazy Pigs Crazy
- ECPC
- a silly, funny one
- 06/10/1957
- three chunks, not ten
- splitting into groups
- VPBJ
- means something to you
- Aunty
- 3
- TPDN
- VIBGYOR
- 846 660 0570
- 1086 2131 2330
- Fly
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