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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) tea (b) light (c) knock (d) wing
- 3.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) cake (d) rain
- 4.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Every Nani (c) Nani Every Sing Wise (d) Every Sing Wise Nani
- 7.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 8.True or false: “spring” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
- 10.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) has no pattern (d) means something to you
- 11.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) done (c) learnt (d) over
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ball, vase, candle, spoon, pencil is “Bakes Very Cook ___ Play”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Frogs (c) Wise (d) Lions
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eat Crazy ___ Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Pigs (c) Yum (d) Dad
- 14.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, net, watch, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TNWC (b) NWCT (c) NTWC (d) CWNT
- 16.True or false: “sock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) bell (c) king (d) night
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 270190116116. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2270 1901 16116 (b) 2701 9011 6116 (c) 2701 9016 1116 (d) 7019 0116 116
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Aunty Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny My Aunty (c) Funny Jeeps My Aunty (d) Aunty My Funny Jeeps
- 20.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) night (c) clock (d) rain
- 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
- 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
- 23.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) rain (d) king
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Pink Cook (b) Cats Pink Cook Eat (c) Eat Cats Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cats Eat
- 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) Asia
- 26.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 27.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 28.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 29.✏️ 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
- 30.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) tree (d) bell
- 31.📅 The digits 07101982 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0710/19/82 (b) 071/019/82 (c) 07/10/1982 (d) 07/1019/82
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, onion, bucket, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOBK (b) KBOD (c) OBKD (d) ODBK
- 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
- 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
- 35.🎵 Which word does “knee” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) bell (d) cake
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, urn, pillow? (a) Nine Up Play (b) Play Up Nine (c) Up Play Nine (d) Up Nine Play
- 37.True or false: “run” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink Aunty Ink Seven ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Sing (b) All (c) Jolly (d) Very
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, tiger, mirror, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TVMF (b) TMFV (c) VTMF (d) FMTV
Answer key
- the rainbow colours
- tea
- cake
- 4
- egg
- Nani Every Sing Wise
- saffron
- True
- a memory trick
- means something to you
- done
- Seven
- Pigs
- initials match the list
- TNWC
- True
- tree
- 2701 9011 6116
- Jeeps Funny My Aunty
- sun
- first letters as a word
- February
- king
- Eat Cats Pink Cook
- Antarctica
- 5
- 2
- 4
- the letters make no word
- bell
- 07/10/1982
- DOBK
- January
- east
- tree
- Nine Up Play
- False
- in the same order
- All
- VTMF
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