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 acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Silly Wet (b) Wet Silly Eight Neat (c) Neat Eight Silly Wet (d) Eight Silly Wet Neat
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for mango, parrot, whistle, guava is “Mice Pink ___ Green”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Nani (c) Kind (d) Wet
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Fly My Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Lazy (c) Runs (d) Bakes
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, jalebi, monkey, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JUMV (b) UJMV (c) JMVU (d) VMJU
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 931975110. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 931 975 110 (b) 939 175 110 (c) 933 197 5110 (d) 939 751 10
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, flute, tent, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITFA (b) FATI (c) FTIA (d) AFTI
- 8.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a very long word (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, vase, igloo, urn, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WUIVK (b) KVIUW (c) VKIUW (d) VIUWK
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, onion, jalebi? (a) Ink Owls Jeeps (b) Owls Ink Jeeps (c) Owls Jeeps Ink (d) Jeeps Owls Ink
- 11.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) done (b) over (c) ended (d) learnt
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 316055798. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 316 055 798 (b) 311 605 5798 (c) 360 557 98 (d) 316 057 598
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, fan, pillow? (a) Pink Fly Toys (b) Toys Fly Pink (c) Fly Pink Toys (d) Fly Toys Pink
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 424073958. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 424 073 958 (b) 240 739 58 (c) 442 407 3958 (d) 424 073 598
- 16.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “___ All Ink Silly Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) Ants (c) Dance (d) Rani
- 18.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for orange, guava, whistle, tent, pencil is “Only Green Wins ___ Pink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Kids (c) Inside (d) Toys
- 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) free (c) fight (d) kite
- 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
- 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
- 25.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
- 26.True or false: “well” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
- 28.True or false: “write” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, frog, lamp? (a) Funny Up Lions (b) Funny Lions Up (c) Lions Funny Up (d) Up Funny Lions
- 30.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 31.✏️ 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
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My Aunty Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly My Aunty (c) Jolly Frogs My Aunty (d) Aunty My Frogs Jolly
- 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) violet (d) yellow
- 34.📅 The digits 15111966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/1119/66 (b) 15/11/1966 (c) 151/119/66 (d) 1511/19/66
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 630630346. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 603 630 346 (b) 630 303 46 (c) 630 630 346 (d) 630 630 3446
- 36.True or false: “three” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
- 38.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, apple, sock? (a) All Frogs Sing (b) Frogs All Sing (c) Sing All Frogs (d) All Sing Frogs
- 40.📅 The digits 14041960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 14/0419/60 (b) 140/419/60 (c) 1404/19/60 (d) 14/04/1960
Answer key
- ECPC
- Neat Eight Silly Wet
- Wet
- Jolly
- UJMV
- 931 975 110
- AFTI
- initials match the list
- KVIUW
- Ink Owls Jeeps
- done
- 316 055 798
- MVEMJSUN
- Toys Fly Pink
- 424 073 958
- the letters make no word
- Pink
- True
- Toys
- a first-letter sentence
- a memory trick
- free
- RSLF
- ELPA
- first letters as a word
- False
- January
- False
- Up Funny Lions
- False
- a silly, funny one
- Jolly Frogs My Aunty
- green
- 15/11/1966
- 630 630 346
- False
- chunking
- 4
- Frogs All Sing
- 14/04/1960
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