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 word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) bun (c) fun (d) ring
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, kite, umpire? (a) Under Kids Crazy (b) Kids Crazy Under (c) Crazy Kids Under (d) Kids Under Crazy
- 3.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for inkpot, onion, fan, doll is “___ Owls Fly Dogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Crazy (c) My (d) Ink
- 5.📅 The digits 05021982 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 050/219/82 (b) 0502/19/82 (c) 05/02/1982 (d) 05/0219/82
- 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
- 7.True or false: “knee” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) sun (d) night
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, jalebi, ball? (a) Jolly Cook Big (b) Big Jolly Cook (c) Jolly Big Cook (d) Cook Jolly Big
- 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
- 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
- 12.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
- 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) night (b) bell (c) cake (d) king
- 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) key (b) bee (c) run (d) three
- 16.📅 The digits 11031969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/03/1969 (b) 11/0319/69 (c) 110/319/69 (d) 1103/19/69
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, flute, lamp? (a) Wise Fly Lions (b) Lions Fly Wise (c) Fly Wise Lions (d) Fly Lions Wise
- 18.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) reading very fast (d) saying it backwards
- 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) know (c) say (d) learn
- 20.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
- 21.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) green (d) blue
- 22.📅 The digits 02082021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 020/820/21 (b) 02/08/2021 (c) 02/0820/21 (d) 0208/20/21
- 23.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly Frogs Mum ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Under (c) Kind (d) All
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
- 26.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
- 27.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is printed bigger (d) it is a smaller number
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 467666648216. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4676 6664 8261 (b) 4467 6666 48216 (c) 4676 6648 216 (d) 4676 6664 8216
- 29.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
- 31.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
- 32.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) clock (d) king
- 33.✏️ 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
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
- 35.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eight (c) Eight Crazy Pigs Crazy (d) Eight Crazy Crazy Pigs
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Love Fly (b) Seven Love Fly Rani (c) Fly Love Seven Rani (d) Rani Seven Love Fly
- 38.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) rain (d) night
- 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Venus
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) bake (c) lane (d) rake
Answer key
- ring
- Crazy Kids Under
- precipitation
- Ink
- 05/02/1982
- a list in a fixed order
- False
- bell
- Cook Jolly Big
- north
- a memory trick
- a first-letter sentence
- True
- night
- run
- 11/03/1969
- Wise Fly Lions
- splitting into groups
- know
- the letters make no word
- indigo
- 02/08/2021
- 2
- All
- RSLF
- an acronym
- three chunks, not ten
- 4676 6664 8216
- True
- ECPC
- larva
- king
- a silly, funny one
- ELPA
- green
- Eight Crazy Pigs Crazy
- Rani Seven Love Fly
- king
- Jupiter
- lane
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