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.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lions Fly (b) Seven Rani Lions Fly (c) Seven Lions Fly Rani (d) Fly Lions Seven Rani
- 3.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) night (d) sun
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, jug, fan, watch, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGFWK (b) KWFJG (c) GJFWK (d) JFWKG
- 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
- 6.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat Eight Seven ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Neat (c) Wins (d) Up
- 8.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a very long word
- 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 10.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
- 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, duck, needle? (a) Under Dogs Nine (b) Dogs Under Nine (c) Nine Dogs Under (d) Dogs Nine Under
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 465350015. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 453 500 15 (b) 465 350 105 (c) 465 355 0015 (d) 465 350 015
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Silly (b) Silly Wise Grab (c) Wise Silly Grab (d) Wise Grab Silly
- 17.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) one (c) star (d) world
- 19.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, jalebi, owl? (a) Owls Jeeps Uncle (b) Uncle Jeeps Owls (c) Jeeps Owls Uncle (d) Jeeps Uncle Owls
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Play All (b) All Play Love Eight (c) Eight Love Play All (d) Love Play All Eight
- 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) sea (b) fight (c) bright (d) done
- 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 24.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 25.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) rain (d) bell
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Seven (b) Green Wise Seven (c) Wise Seven Green (d) Seven Wise Green
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 855708124350. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8557 0812 350 (b) 8557 0182 4350 (c) 8557 0812 44350 (d) 8557 0812 4350
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mum Aunty Jeeps (b) Fly Jeeps Mum Aunty (c) Aunty Mum Fly Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly Mum Aunty
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, inkpot, needle, wallet, owl is “Jolly Ice ___ Wise Only”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Neat (b) Aunty (c) Up (d) Tiny
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 773307212. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 773 307 22 (b) 773 307 122 (c) 773 307 212 (d) 773 307 2122
- 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wise Green (b) Wise Silly Green (c) Green Wise Silly (d) Wise Green Silly
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, doll, frog? (a) Dance Cook Fly (b) Cook Dance Fly (c) Fly Dance Cook (d) Dance Fly Cook
- 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.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 37.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
- 39.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) clock (d) night
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, frog, tomato, urn is “___ Frogs Tea Uncle”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Young (b) Only (c) Grab (d) Eight
Answer key
- 4
- Rani Seven Lions Fly
- sun
- GJFWK
- first letters as a word
- the letters make no word
- Wins
- initials match the list
- an acronym
- True
- condensation
- a rhyme
- Under Dogs Nine
- 465 350 015
- VIBGYOR
- Silly Wise Grab
- True
- one
- a list in a fixed order
- Uncle Jeeps Owls
- Eight Love Play All
- sea
- a first-letter sentence
- 5
- tree
- a silly, funny one
- Seven Wise Green
- 8557 0812 4350
- Jeeps Fly Mum Aunty
- Neat
- 773 307 212
- evaporation
- Silly Wise Green
- Cook Dance Fly
- green
- 9
- False
- flower
- night
- Grab
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