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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, apple, doll, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OADN (b) AODN (c) NDAO (d) ADNO
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
- 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 3392684006. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 339 264 006 (b) 339 286 4006 (c) 333 926 84006 (d) 339 268 4006
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, rope, mirror, umbrella, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RPMUD (b) PRMUD (c) RMUDP (d) DUMRP
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) light (b) make (c) snake (d) tea
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, frog, duck, whistle, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWDFI (b) FIDWT (c) IFDWT (d) FDWTI
- 9.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 10.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they need no practice (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are longer
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bun (b) rake (c) cane (d) run
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) fun (c) won (d) rake
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 242294094. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 224 294 094 (b) 242 240 94 (c) 242 294 094 (d) 242 294 4094
- 15.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) only pictures
- 16.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) white (b) thing (c) smell (d) key
- 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Eight Neat (b) Eight Silly Wise Neat (c) Neat Eight Silly Wise (d) Eight Neat Silly Wise
- 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
- 22.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, pillow, tiger? (a) Love Pink Tiny (b) Pink Love Tiny (c) Pink Tiny Love (d) Tiny Pink Love
- 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) steps (c) tricks (d) songs
- 25.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
- 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) thing (b) lock (c) sell (d) bee
- 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
- 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wise Nine (b) Wise Seven Eight Nine (c) Nine Eight Seven Wise (d) Eight Nine Seven Wise
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants My Fly Jump (b) Jump Fly My Ants (c) Fly Jump My Ants (d) Fly My Ants Jump
- 32.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 33.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, umpire, coconut? (a) Crazy Uncle Only (b) Uncle Only Crazy (c) Only Uncle Crazy (d) Uncle Crazy Only
- 35.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
- 37.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
- 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
- 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) green (c) violet (d) yellow
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 9510424321. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 951 042 4321 (b) 951 042 4312 (c) 951 042 43211 (d) 910 424 321
Answer key
- in the same order
- OADN
- VIBGYOR
- chunking
- 339 268 4006
- PRMUD
- tea
- IFDWT
- what each letter means
- sound patterns stick
- ECPC
- cane
- rake
- 242 294 094
- numbers and letter lists
- 4
- smell
- False
- a rhyme
- Neat Eight Silly Wise
- SWG
- 5
- Love Pink Tiny
- tricks
- splitting into groups
- thing
- a first-letter sentence
- a silly, funny one
- Indian
- Nine Eight Seven Wise
- Jump Fly My Ants
- a list in a fixed order
- one word holds a list
- Only Uncle Crazy
- False
- NESW
- three chunks, not ten
- Atlantic
- indigo
- 951 042 4321
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