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.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 3010192159. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 301 019 2159 (b) 301 019 22159 (c) 301 019 2195 (d) 310 192 159
- 3.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, radio, banana? (a) Rani Tea Bunny (b) Tea Rani Bunny (c) Bunny Rani Tea (d) Rani Bunny Tea
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani ___ Silly Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wins (b) Very (c) Jolly (d) Every
- 6.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) never say it (c) change it each day (d) read it once silently
- 7.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) sing (c) spring (d) snake
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, flute, drum, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDFR (b) FDJR (c) FRDJ (d) RFDJ
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs All Eight (b) Eight Lions Pigs All (c) Lions Eight Pigs All (d) All Pigs Lions Eight
- 10.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) rake (c) wake (d) shake
- 13.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) clock (d) sun
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, flute, anchor? (a) All Frogs My (b) My Frogs All (c) Frogs My All (d) Frogs All My
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, jalebi, rose, pillow, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OJRPS (b) JORPS (c) JRPSO (d) SPRJO
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) well (c) lane (d) brain
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sell (b) shell (c) sing (d) well
- 18.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) bell (d) sun
- 19.📅 The digits 01012020 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/0120/20 (b) 010/120/20 (c) 01/01/2020 (d) 0101/20/20
- 20.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Funny Rani (b) Funny Love Silly Rani (c) Rani Silly Love Funny (d) Silly Rani Love Funny
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Sing (b) Grab Wet Sing (c) Sing Wet Grab (d) Wet Sing Grab
- 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
- 24.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
- 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lazy Pigs Ants (b) Ants Pigs Lazy Every (c) Lazy Every Pigs Ants (d) Lazy Pigs Ants Every
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 113699090. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 113 669 9090 (b) 136 990 90 (c) 113 699 009 (d) 113 699 090
- 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) bun (c) train (d) run
- 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 939719724. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 939 719 7724 (b) 939 719 24 (c) 939 719 724 (d) 993 719 724
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) ton (b) swing (c) one (d) train
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) backwards (c) in any order (d) in the same order
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) wing (c) swing (d) sing
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, fan, umbrella, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FURC (b) RUFC (c) FCUR (d) CFUR
- 35.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) sock (b) sing (c) fun (d) lake
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, drum, radio? (a) Vines Dogs Rani (b) Rani Dogs Vines (c) Dogs Vines Rani (d) Dogs Rani Vines
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
- 39.True or false: “white” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎵 Which word does “snake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) bell (d) sun
Answer key
- False
- 301 019 2159
- 7
- Tea Rani Bunny
- Every
- say it aloud often
- snake
- RFDJ
- Eight Lions Pigs All
- one word holds a list
- RSLF
- sock
- clock
- My Frogs All
- OJRPS
- well
- sing
- tree
- 01/01/2020
- True
- Rani Silly Love Funny
- Sing Wet Grab
- stem
- first letters as a word
- saffron
- Every Lazy Pigs Ants
- 113 699 090
- train
- a first-letter sentence
- 939 719 724
- train
- in the same order
- wake
- CFUR
- what each letter means
- lake
- Vines Dogs Rani
- a silly, funny one
- False
- cake
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