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.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
- 3.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, lemon, ice cream? (a) Ink Lazy Jolly (b) Lazy Ink Jolly (c) Lazy Jolly Ink (d) Jolly Lazy Ink
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the months
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Every Cats Pink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Fly (b) Cook (c) Every (d) Seven
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, rope, whistle, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWKJ (b) KWRJ (c) RJWK (d) JRWK
- 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) rock (b) fight (c) smell (d) one
- 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 11.📅 The digits 03081979 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/0819/79 (b) 0308/19/79 (c) 03/08/1979 (d) 030/819/79
- 12.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
- 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, spoon, guava, urn, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUGSN (b) NSGUC (c) SGUCN (d) SNGUC
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Pink Cook (b) Cook Eight Pink Cook (c) Eight Cook Cook Pink (d) Cook Pink Cook Eight
- 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) again (c) twice (d) fast
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 799825251. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 799 822 5251 (b) 799 822 51 (c) 799 825 215 (d) 799 825 251
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 1214145473. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 214 145 473 (b) 121 141 45473 (c) 121 414 5473 (d) 121 414 4573
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, doll, whistle, frog, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUWFG (b) GFWDU (c) DWFGU (d) UDWFG
- 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) knee (c) kite (d) bite
- 22.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 23.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
- 24.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) it is a smaller number (d) three chunks, not ten
- 25.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) tree (d) cake
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, umbrella, drum? (a) Dance Uncle All (b) All Uncle Dance (c) Uncle All Dance (d) Uncle Dance All
- 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) tricks (b) songs (c) steps (d) games
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) one (b) snake (c) lock (d) cane
- 29.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) king (d) clock
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) rake (c) fun (d) run
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 3821084332. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 381 208 4332 (b) 382 108 432 (c) 382 108 4332 (d) 382 108 43332
- 32.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kite, coconut, watch, goat, flute is “Kids Crazy Wins Grab ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Cook (c) Red (d) Fly
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, candle, spoon, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSCW (b) CWSV (c) CSVW (d) WCSV
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Fly Runs (b) Fly Lazy Seven Runs (c) Seven Runs Lazy Fly (d) Runs Seven Lazy Fly
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for anchor, bucket, vase, rose, needle is “All Bunny Very Rani ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) Jeeps (c) Nine (d) Kites
- 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
- 40.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
Answer key
- the letters make no word
- SWG
- 4
- Jolly Lazy Ink
- in the same order
- the rainbow colours
- Cook
- JRWK
- rock
- a first-letter sentence
- 03/08/1979
- False
- a memory trick
- west
- NSGUC
- Eight Cook Pink Cook
- more
- 799 825 251
- 121 414 5473
- UDWFG
- knee
- what each letter means
- initials match the list
- three chunks, not ten
- tree
- All Uncle Dance
- tricks
- snake
- king
- rake
- 382 108 4332
- False
- True
- Fly
- WCSV
- Runs Seven Lazy Fly
- a rhyme
- Nine
- ELPA
- white
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