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.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, tomato, duck, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTDN (b) TDNK (c) TKDN (d) NDTK
- 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) orange (d) indigo
- 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, guava, kite, candle, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBKCV (b) VCKGB (c) GKCVB (d) BGKCV
- 4.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
- 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, jeep, fan, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFLS (b) JSFL (c) LFJS (d) SJFL
- 7.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) rain (d) bell
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) sell (b) shell (c) smell (d) knee
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) light (b) cane (c) fight (d) write
- 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) lock (c) tea (d) three
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for urn, violin, igloo, shoe is “Uncle ___ Ice Seven”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Wise (c) Mice (d) Silly
- 12.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) white (c) fight (d) rake
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) shell (b) rake (c) train (d) swing
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
- 17.🔢 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
- 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
- 19.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) bell (d) sun
- 20.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 21.✏️ 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
- 22.📅 The digits 10102024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/1020/24 (b) 101/020/24 (c) 1010/20/24 (d) 10/10/2024
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lazy Funny Rani (b) Funny Lazy Silly Rani (c) Rani Silly Lazy Funny (d) Silly Rani Lazy Funny
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My All Jeeps (b) All My Frogs Jeeps (c) Frogs Jeeps My All (d) Jeeps Frogs My All
- 25.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) long (c) fast (d) free
- 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) brain (b) bun (c) bright (d) wake
- 28.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) clear (c) right (d) known
- 29.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 30.📅 The digits 10032008 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/0320/08 (b) 10/03/2008 (c) 1003/20/08 (d) 100/320/08
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly My All (b) Jolly Funny My All (c) All My Funny Jolly (d) Funny My All Jolly
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 932578250320. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9325 7825 0320 (b) 9325 7782 50320 (c) 9325 7825 032 (d) 9235 7825 0320
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Red Lazy Fly (b) Sing Lazy Fly Red (c) Red Sing Lazy Fly (d) Fly Lazy Sing Red
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
- 35.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 258650101. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 258 865 0101 (b) 258 650 101 (c) 258 650 110 (d) 286 501 01
- 37.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jeep, drum, violin, apple, whistle is “___ Dogs Vans All Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Dad (c) Owls (d) Under
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) make (b) tea (c) shake (d) snake
- 40.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
Answer key
- KTDN
- indigo
- BGKCV
- means something to you
- one word holds a list
- SJFL
- rain
- knee
- cane
- lock
- Very
- 2
- a rhyme
- rake
- rake
- a silly, funny one
- three chunks, not ten
- evaporation
- rain
- False
- initials match the list
- 10/10/2024
- Rani Silly Lazy Funny
- Jeeps Frogs My All
- free
- flower
- brain
- true
- 19 and 47
- 10/03/2008
- Jolly Funny My All
- 9325 7825 0320
- Red Sing Lazy Fly
- in the same order
- True
- 258 650 101
- February
- Jolly
- tea
- 8
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