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 colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, ball, ladder? (a) Lazy Big All (b) Big All Lazy (c) Big Lazy All (d) All Big Lazy
- 3.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 4.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) they are always true (c) they are longer (d) sound patterns stick
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 5246312648. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 246 312 648 (b) 524 663 12648 (c) 524 631 2648 (d) 254 631 2648
- 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) tricks (c) steps (d) games
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 915614733. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 911 561 4733 (b) 915 641 733 (c) 156 147 33 (d) 915 614 733
- 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) tell (c) sell (d) bee
- 11.📅 The digits 27122001 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/1220/01 (b) 271/220/01 (c) 2712/20/01 (d) 27/12/2001
- 12.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a rhyme about cats
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for whistle, tent, nest, goat, orange is “Wins Tea ___ Goats Owls”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Funny (c) Runs (d) Nine
- 14.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 15.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) free (c) sea (d) ring
- 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 284827839017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2848 2783 9017 (b) 2884 2783 9017 (c) 2848 2783 017 (d) 2848 2783 39017
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
- 20.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 145590577. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 145 595 77 (b) 145 590 757 (c) 145 590 5777 (d) 145 590 577
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) block (c) chain (d) lane
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) backwards
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, flute, jug, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFJG (b) GJFC (c) FCJG (d) FJGC
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) cane (b) write (c) make (d) ton
- 26.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for coconut, mango, drum, ant, umbrella is “Cats ___ Dance All Uncle”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Up (c) Jolly (d) Mum
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, cat, urn? (a) Ants Cats Uncle (b) Cats Uncle Ants (c) Uncle Cats Ants (d) Cats Ants Uncle
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wet Nani (b) Wet Sing Eat Nani (c) Nani Eat Sing Wet (d) Eat Nani Sing Wet
- 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 222603441. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 222 603 4441 (b) 222 063 441 (c) 222 603 441 (d) 222 603 41
- 32.📅 The digits 15042015 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1504/20/15 (b) 15/0420/15 (c) 15/04/2015 (d) 150/420/15
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mice Ants Jolly (b) Ants Mice Frogs Jolly (c) Frogs Jolly Mice Ants (d) Jolly Frogs Mice Ants
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Crazy Play (b) Crazy Every Play Crazy (c) Crazy Play Crazy Every (d) Every Crazy Play Crazy
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 205395434. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 053 954 34 (b) 205 395 4334 (c) 203 595 434 (d) 205 395 434
- 36.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 194 and 7
- 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink All Eight (b) Love Eight Pink All (c) All Pink Love Eight (d) Eight Love Pink All
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, coconut, violin, jug, mirror is “___ Crazy Vans Jeeps My”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Old (c) Lions (d) Jump
- 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Australia (c) South America (d) Africa
Answer key
- SWG
- All Big Lazy
- the letters make no word
- sound patterns stick
- 524 631 2648
- an acronym
- tricks
- RSLF
- 915 614 733
- bee
- 27/12/2001
- initials match the list
- Nine
- what each letter means
- the rainbow colours
- ring
- an acronym
- 2848 2783 9017
- VIBGYOR
- chunking
- 145 590 577
- block
- in the same order
- CFJG
- write
- a list in a fixed order
- Mum
- Ants Cats Uncle
- Nani Eat Sing Wet
- a rhyme
- 222 603 441
- 15/04/2015
- Jolly Frogs Mice Ants
- Every Crazy Play Crazy
- 205 395 434
- 19 and 47
- ELPA
- Eight Love Pink All
- Grab
- Australia
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