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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for watch, tomato, candle, umbrella, pillow is “Wise Tea Cook ___ Play”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Ice (c) Big (d) Uncle
- 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 3.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) shell (b) brain (c) string (d) chain
- 4.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
- 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Inside Bunny Goats Yaks Old ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Bakes (c) Cook (d) Runs
- 7.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 5153738867. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 515 373 8867 (b) 515 373 887 (c) 515 373 88867 (d) 515 337 8867
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, apple, owl? (a) Grab All Owls (b) All Owls Grab (c) Owls All Grab (d) All Grab Owls
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, lamp, duck? (a) Lions Dance Silly (b) Dance Lions Silly (c) Silly Lions Dance (d) Lions Silly Dance
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
- 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the months
- 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) ton (b) bright (c) lane (d) sock
- 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) Europe (d) North America
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, orange, apple? (a) Aunty Only Jeeps (b) Only Jeeps Aunty (c) Jeeps Only Aunty (d) Only Aunty Jeeps
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) free (c) spell (d) sell
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
- 18.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 968181318. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 966 818 1318 (b) 968 181 318 (c) 961 881 318 (d) 968 813 18
- 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
- 21.📅 The digits 17101974 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 171/019/74 (b) 17/10/1974 (c) 17/1019/74 (d) 1710/19/74
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 23.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a rhyme about cats
- 24.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
- 25.📅 The digits 15122011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 151/220/11 (b) 15/12/2011 (c) 15/1220/11 (d) 1512/20/11
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
- 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) fast (c) again (d) twice
- 28.📅 The digits 07071950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0707/19/50 (b) 07/07/1950 (c) 070/719/50 (d) 07/0719/50
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
- 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 301712726. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 307 112 726 (b) 301 712 2726 (c) 301 712 726 (d) 301 717 26
- 32.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) king (b) clock (c) rain (d) sun
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) white (c) kite (d) sea
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, rope, violin? (a) Wins Red Vans (b) Vans Red Wins (c) Red Vans Wins (d) Red Wins Vans
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) string (b) bright (c) tea (d) cane
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) lane (b) spell (c) kite (d) fun
- 37.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) cake (d) sun
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 6452215454. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 654 221 5454 (b) 645 221 5454 (c) 645 221 544 (d) 645 522 15454
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, whistle, guava? (a) Crazy Wet Goats (b) Wet Crazy Goats (c) Goats Wet Crazy (d) Wet Goats Crazy
Answer key
- Uncle
- chunking
- string
- splitting into groups
- first letters as a word
- Runs
- green
- 515 373 8867
- Grab All Owls
- Silly Lions Dance
- JFMA
- the rainbow colours
- sock
- Europe
- Jeeps Only Aunty
- free
- SWG
- numbers and letter lists
- 968 181 318
- precipitation
- 17/10/1974
- VIBGYOR
- initials match the list
- one word holds a list
- 15/12/2011
- PAISA
- more
- 07/07/1950
- ELPA
- a first-letter sentence
- 301 712 726
- clock
- sea
- Wins Red Vans
- cane
- spell
- cake
- chunking
- 645 221 5454
- Crazy Wet Goats
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