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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
- 3.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) done (b) rock (c) lock (d) main
- 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
- 6.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “___ Crazy Pink Cook”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yum (b) Eight (c) Nani (d) Aunty
- 8.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
- 9.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, anchor, pillow, nest, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNPAU (b) APNBU (c) AUPNB (d) UAPNB
- 11.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
- 12.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) rain (c) night (d) clock
- 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 7586764156. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 586 764 156 (b) 758 676 4165 (c) 758 676 4156 (d) 755 867 64156
- 15.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, spoon, kite? (a) Seven Kids Aunty (b) Aunty Seven Kids (c) Kids Seven Aunty (d) Seven Aunty Kids
- 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) right (c) true (d) known
- 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 19.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 20.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
- 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) train (c) lane (d) brain
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, cat, inkpot, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJIT (b) JCIT (c) TICJ (d) CITJ
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Sing Wins Nani (b) Wins Sing Eight Nani (c) Nani Eight Sing Wins (d) Eight Nani Sing Wins
- 24.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) splitting into groups (c) writing it twice (d) saying it backwards
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) ton (b) chain (c) white (d) swing
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Eight Seven Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Under (c) Nani (d) Only
- 27.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is printed bigger
- 28.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Every Cook ___ Crazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Inside (b) Old (c) Rani (d) Play
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for vase, nest, ice cream, doll, banana is “Vines Nani Ink Dance ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wins (b) Up (c) Pink (d) Bunny
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
- 32.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) light (b) shock (c) block (d) sock
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, drum, spoon? (a) Uncle Dance Silly (b) Dance Silly Uncle (c) Silly Dance Uncle (d) Dance Uncle Silly
- 36.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Seven Wet Nani (b) Nani Eat Seven Wet (c) Wet Seven Eat Nani (d) Eat Nani Seven Wet
- 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) main (b) fun (c) wing (d) bright
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, orange, monkey, tent, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTMOJ (b) OMTNJ (c) OJMTN (d) JOMTN
Answer key
- a rhyme
- JFMA
- east
- main
- January
- evaporation
- Eight
- a first-letter sentence
- initials match the list
- UAPNB
- west
- rain
- first letters as a word
- 758 676 4156
- the rainbow colours
- Aunty Seven Kids
- true
- chunking
- 3
- south
- bite
- JCIT
- Nani Eight Sing Wins
- splitting into groups
- white
- Nani
- three chunks, not ten
- stem
- Play
- Bunny
- NESW
- one word holds a list
- light
- a silly, funny one
- Uncle Dance Silly
- False
- a list in a fixed order
- Nani Eat Seven Wet
- wing
- JOMTN
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