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 the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Lazy Funny (b) Funny Lazy Sing Rani (c) Sing Rani Lazy Funny (d) Sing Lazy Funny Rani
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 4494586066. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 449 458 0666 (b) 449 458 6066 (c) 449 458 606 (d) 449 455 86066
- 3.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, rose, mango? (a) Mice Runs Aunty (b) Runs Aunty Mice (c) Runs Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Runs Mice
- 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
- 6.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
- 7.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
- 8.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 9.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) bell (d) night
- 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “___ Ants Inside Sing All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eight (b) Dogs (c) Pink (d) Goats
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Silly Red (b) Red Silly Love Funny (c) Silly Red Love Funny (d) Silly Love Funny Red
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 276458509. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 276 458 509 (b) 274 658 509 (c) 276 458 5099 (d) 276 455 09
- 14.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is printed bigger (d) three chunks, not ten
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 917421328747. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9174 2132 747 (b) 9174 2132 88747 (c) 9172 4132 8747 (d) 9174 2132 8747
- 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 222220723. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 222 220 732 (b) 222 220 723 (c) 222 207 23 (d) 222 220 7223
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, urn, watch? (a) Uncle Wet Seven (b) Wet Uncle Seven (c) Uncle Seven Wet (d) Seven Uncle Wet
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
- 20.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
- 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Pigs Cats (b) Eat Cats Pigs Cats (c) Eat Cats Cats Pigs (d) Cats Pigs Cats Eat
- 23.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, apple, candle, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACKD (b) ADCK (c) DACK (d) KCAD
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 5420572817. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 542 075 2817 (b) 542 057 28117 (c) 540 572 817 (d) 542 057 2817
- 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 27.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only pictures (d) nothing at all
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eight Silly Wet (b) Eight Silly Wet Neat (c) Wet Silly Eight Neat (d) Eight Neat Silly Wet
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tomato, ladder, coconut, banana is “___ Lions Crazy Bakes”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Tea (c) Dogs (d) Lazy
- 30.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, cat, net, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNGU (b) UCNG (c) CUNG (d) GNCU
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) backwards
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 965187220275. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9615 8722 0275 (b) 9651 8722 275 (c) 9651 8722 0275 (d) 9651 8722 00275
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, owl, flute? (a) Only Fly Goats (b) Only Goats Fly (c) Fly Only Goats (d) Goats Only Fly
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, watch, needle, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWNB (b) WNBF (c) WFNB (d) BNWF
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, rope, anchor? (a) Rani All Dogs (b) Dogs Rani All (c) Rani Dogs All (d) All Rani Dogs
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Funny Jolly (b) Funny Jolly My Aunty (c) Funny My Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Funny My Aunty
- 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, lemon, parrot, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPCV (b) CPLV (c) VLPC (d) LVPC
Answer key
- Rani Sing Lazy Funny
- 449 458 6066
- east
- Aunty Runs Mice
- the rainbow colours
- a first-letter sentence
- one word holds a list
- 4
- tree
- chunking
- Pink
- Red Silly Love Funny
- 276 458 509
- three chunks, not ten
- 9174 2132 8747
- chunking
- 222 220 723
- Seven Uncle Wet
- MVEMJSUN
- the letters make no word
- False
- Eat Cats Pigs Cats
- a list in a fixed order
- DACK
- 542 057 2817
- an acronym
- numbers and letter lists
- Neat Eight Silly Wet
- Tea
- False
- PAISA
- UCNG
- in the same order
- 9651 8722 0275
- Goats Only Fly
- FWNB
- Dogs Rani All
- Jolly Funny My Aunty
- chunking
- VLPC
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