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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Seven Wise (b) Neat Eight Seven Wise (c) Wise Seven Eight Neat (d) Eight Seven Wise Neat
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Red Silly ___ Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vines (b) Lions (c) Yaks (d) Mice
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Play All (b) All Play Love Eat (c) Eat Love Play All (d) Love Play All Eat
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Lions Every (b) Lions Pink Ants Every (c) Every Lions Pink Ants (d) Lions Every Pink Ants
- 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, van, frog, inkpot, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VFIRT (b) TVFIR (c) VTFIR (d) RIFVT
- 8.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
- 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
- 12.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) king (b) clock (c) rain (d) night
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Love Funny (b) Runs Seven Love Funny (c) Funny Love Seven Runs (d) Seven Love Funny Runs
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) wing (b) shake (c) write (d) spell
- 15.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
- 16.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 17.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for owl, mirror, banana, inkpot, kettle is “___ My Bakes Ice Kites”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Silly (c) Dance (d) Only
- 19.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, spoon, banana? (a) Big Sing Tiny (b) Sing Tiny Big (c) Sing Big Tiny (d) Tiny Sing Big
- 24.📅 The digits 01121962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/1219/62 (b) 011/219/62 (c) 01/12/1962 (d) 0112/19/62
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, mango, goat, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGMR (b) RMGA (c) MRGA (d) MGAR
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, needle, rope? (a) Rani Neat Mice (b) Neat Rani Mice (c) Mice Neat Rani (d) Neat Mice Rani
- 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 28.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) means something to you (c) is very long (d) changes daily
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, wallet, drum? (a) Wise Dance Red (b) Red Wise Dance (c) Wise Red Dance (d) Dance Wise Red
- 30.📅 The digits 05111959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/11/1959 (b) 05/1119/59 (c) 0511/19/59 (d) 051/119/59
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 215407178. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 215 407 7178 (b) 215 401 78 (c) 251 407 178 (d) 215 407 178
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, mirror, duck? (a) My Dance Old (b) Dance My Old (c) Old My Dance (d) My Old Dance
- 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
- 34.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) wing (c) lake (d) spring
- 36.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Lions Frogs (b) Sing Rani Lions Frogs (c) Sing Lions Frogs Rani (d) Frogs Lions Sing Rani
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ant, vase, onion, igloo is “All Vines Owls ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wins (b) Vans (c) Ink (d) Pink
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 154143024. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 154 143 0244 (b) 154 143 024 (c) 154 134 024 (d) 541 430 24
- 40.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
Answer key
- Neat Eight Seven Wise
- Lions
- Eat Love Play All
- Every Lions Pink Ants
- an acronym
- first letters as a word
- TVFIR
- the letters make no word
- an acronym
- what each letter means
- ELPA
- clock
- Runs Seven Love Funny
- spell
- a list in a fixed order
- 3
- initials match the list
- Only
- False
- MVEMJSUN
- south
- SWG
- Tiny Sing Big
- 01/12/1962
- RMGA
- Mice Neat Rani
- chunking
- means something to you
- Red Wise Dance
- 05/11/1959
- 215 407 178
- Old My Dance
- April
- a memory trick
- lake
- False
- Rani Sing Lions Frogs
- Ink
- 154 143 024
- a rhyme
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