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 chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
- 3.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 4.📅 The digits 24041976 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/04/1976 (b) 2404/19/76 (c) 240/419/76 (d) 24/0419/76
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, jeep, cat? (a) Funny Jolly Crazy (b) Crazy Jolly Funny (c) Jolly Crazy Funny (d) Jolly Funny Crazy
- 6.True or false: “three” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, duck, ant, frog, watch is “Jolly Dance ___ Funny Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Aunty (c) Owls (d) Every
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) in the same order
- 10.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, jeep, drum, mango, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLDMO (b) OMDJL (c) JDMOL (d) LJDMO
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, wallet, coconut, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRCK (b) KCWR (c) RWCK (d) WCKR
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, drum, kite? (a) Kids Dogs Up (b) Up Dogs Kids (c) Dogs Up Kids (d) Dogs Kids Up
- 15.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) night (d) bell
- 16.📅 The digits 03061955 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/0619/55 (b) 03/06/1955 (c) 030/619/55 (d) 0306/19/55
- 17.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
- 18.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) three chunks, not ten
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) brain (c) cane (d) chain
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Cats Pigs (b) Eight Cats Pigs Cats (c) Cats Pigs Cats Eight (d) Cats Eight Pigs Cats
- 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) light (c) white (d) won
- 23.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) write (c) learn (d) know
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, ball, watch? (a) Play Bunny Wins (b) Wins Bunny Play (c) Bunny Play Wins (d) Bunny Wins Play
- 26.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
- 27.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 29.📅 The digits 02101967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 021/019/67 (b) 02/1019/67 (c) 02/10/1967 (d) 0210/19/67
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Seven Rani (b) Seven Love Funny Rani (c) Rani Seven Love Funny (d) Seven Rani Love Funny
- 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 32.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
- 33.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat (b) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (c) Eat Cats Pigs Crazy (d) Cats Eat Pigs Crazy
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Every Nine (b) Nine Every Seven Wise (c) Every Nine Seven Wise (d) Every Seven Wise Nine
- 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
- 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
- 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
- 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) again (c) fast (d) more
Answer key
- means something to you
- MVEMJSUN
- 6
- 24/04/1976
- Funny Jolly Crazy
- False
- one word holds a list
- Aunty
- in the same order
- False
- JFMA
- LJDMO
- RWCK
- Up Dogs Kids
- night
- 03/06/1955
- south
- three chunks, not ten
- bake
- Eight Cats Pigs Cats
- first letters as a word
- won
- initials match the list
- know
- Play Bunny Wins
- egg
- False
- a first-letter sentence
- 02/10/1967
- Rani Seven Love Funny
- chunking
- numbers and letter lists
- 19 and 47
- Eat Cats Pigs Crazy
- Nine Every Seven Wise
- Atlantic
- leaf
- PAISA
- Jupiter
- more
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