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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
- 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ice cream, glass, apple, rope is “Ice Goats ___ Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Only (b) Ants (c) Cats (d) Goats
- 4.📅 The digits 28021963 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/0219/63 (b) 28/02/1963 (c) 280/219/63 (d) 2802/19/63
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Red Lazy Frogs (b) Frogs Lazy Sing Red (c) Sing Lazy Frogs Red (d) Red Sing Lazy Frogs
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 6887355389. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 688 735 5389 (b) 668 873 55389 (c) 688 753 5389 (d) 687 355 389
- 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 310102492. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 310 102 4922 (b) 101 024 92 (c) 310 102 492 (d) 311 002 492
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 8132873317. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 813 827 3317 (b) 812 873 317 (c) 813 287 33177 (d) 813 287 3317
- 11.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 12.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Ice Big Grab Young Owls Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Owls (c) Very (d) Yaks
- 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
- 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
- 16.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, shoe, apple, tent, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SATBW (b) SWATB (c) BTASW (d) WSATB
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 457133479684. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4571 3349 684 (b) 4517 3347 9684 (c) 4557 1334 79684 (d) 4571 3347 9684
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, vase, rope, ball, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVRBO (b) OBRVD (c) VRBOD (d) VDRBO
- 20.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) king (d) sun
- 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
- 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) North America
- 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
- 24.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, lamp, ice cream? (a) Love Vans Inside (b) Inside Love Vans (c) Love Inside Vans (d) Vans Love Inside
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “___ Crazy Pigs Crazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) Eat (c) Rani (d) Frogs
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 8866946453. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 886 696 4453 (b) 886 694 645 (c) 888 669 46453 (d) 886 694 6453
- 28.🎵 Which word does “three” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) tree (d) rain
- 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 30.📅 The digits 06032014 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/0320/14 (b) 060/320/14 (c) 0603/20/14 (d) 06/03/2014
- 31.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 9023858124. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 902 358 8124 (b) 902 388 58124 (c) 902 385 8124 (d) 923 858 124
- 33.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 34.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 35.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 36.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
- 37.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) one (c) world (d) star
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, nest, coconut, jalebi, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKCJA (b) AJCNK (c) KNCJA (d) NCJAK
Answer key
- west
- first letters as a word
- Ants
- 28/02/1963
- Red Sing Lazy Frogs
- 688 735 5389
- a rhyme
- one word holds a list
- 310 102 492
- 813 287 3317
- 5
- the letters make no word
- Very
- PAISA
- January
- initials match the list
- WSATB
- 4571 3347 9684
- DVRBO
- sun
- AANSAEA
- North America
- egg
- the rainbow colours
- Vans Love Inside
- Eat
- 886 694 6453
- tree
- chunking
- 06/03/2014
- splitting into groups
- 902 385 8124
- a list in a fixed order
- 6
- 3
- numbers and letter lists
- False
- a first-letter sentence
- one
- KNCJA
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