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 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, spoon, lamp? (a) Play Silly Lazy (b) Silly Lazy Play (c) Lazy Silly Play (d) Silly Play Lazy
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, wallet, cat? (a) Wins Mice Cats (b) Cats Wins Mice (c) Wins Cats Mice (d) Mice Wins Cats
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, igloo, guava, duck, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDGIB (b) IGDWB (c) IBGDW (d) BIGDW
- 5.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, goat, inkpot, needle, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GINAM (b) MGINA (c) GMINA (d) ANIGM
- 7.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
- 8.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Play Ants (b) Every Love Play Ants (c) Love Play Ants Every (d) Ants Play Love Every
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, ladder, violin? (a) Lions Pigs Very (b) Lions Very Pigs (c) Pigs Lions Very (d) Very Lions Pigs
- 12.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) clock (d) night
- 13.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 14.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, anchor, candle, ball, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBCAT (b) TACBN (c) ACBNT (d) ATCBN
- 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 735572497142. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7357 5249 7142 (b) 7355 5724 97142 (c) 7357 2497 142 (d) 7355 7249 7142
- 18.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) Antarctica (d) North America
- 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “___ Ants Ink Sing Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Mum (c) Big (d) Dance
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, wallet, glass, banana, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WGBCP (b) WPGBC (c) CBGWP (d) PWGBC
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
- 24.📅 The digits 14101999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 14/1019/99 (b) 14/10/1999 (c) 1410/19/99 (d) 141/019/99
- 25.✏️ 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
- 26.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 1010378077. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 101 037 8077 (b) 110 037 8077 (c) 101 003 78077 (d) 101 037 807
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) world (c) planet (d) one
- 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 32.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) rain (d) tree
- 33.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) bell (d) cake
- 34.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for parrot, monkey, needle, glass, anchor is “Pink My ___ Goats Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Cats (c) Wet (d) Nine
- 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) again (c) fast (d) more
- 37.📅 The digits 13081953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/08/1953 (b) 13/0819/53 (c) 130/819/53 (d) 1308/19/53
- 38.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, jalebi, spoon, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJST (b) TSJV (c) JSTV (d) JVST
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, rose, tiger, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTRN (b) RNTP (c) RTPN (d) NRTP
Answer key
- 3
- Play Silly Lazy
- Mice Wins Cats
- BIGDW
- north
- MGINA
- Arctic
- False
- True
- Every Love Play Ants
- Pigs Lions Very
- night
- 5
- root
- TACBN
- one word holds a list
- 7355 7249 7142
- True
- South America
- Pigs
- PWGBC
- MVEMJSUN
- in the same order
- 14/10/1999
- a silly, funny one
- 9
- a first-letter sentence
- 101 037 8077
- ECPC
- one
- chunking
- rain
- clock
- green
- Nine
- more
- 13/08/1953
- a first-letter sentence
- VJST
- NRTP
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