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 word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) night (b) king (c) bell (d) cake
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for mango, spoon, candle, nest, goat is “___ Seven Crazy Neat Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Crazy (c) Dance (d) Mice
- 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) planet (c) world (d) star
- 4.📅 The digits 18092012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 180/920/12 (b) 18/09/2012 (c) 18/0920/12 (d) 1809/20/12
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
- 7.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) shock (b) knee (c) lane (d) train
- 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
- 10.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 11.📅 The digits 18061986 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/0619/86 (b) 18/06/1986 (c) 180/619/86 (d) 1806/19/86
- 12.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) white (b) sea (c) key (d) run
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 866246258292. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8662 2462 58292 (b) 8662 4625 8292 (c) 8662 4628 292 (d) 8662 4625 2892
- 15.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) there is no list (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Eight (b) Crazy Eight Pigs Cats (c) Crazy Pigs Cats Eight (d) Eight Crazy Pigs Cats
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, urn, ant, glass, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UVAGD (b) VUAGD (c) UAGDV (d) DGAUV
- 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, rope, urn, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LURN (b) NRUL (c) RULN (d) RNUL
- 19.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) reading very fast (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
- 20.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) night (d) bell
- 21.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) South America
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) in the same order
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, tent, watch, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWTO (b) TWJO (c) TOWJ (d) OTWJ
- 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, sock, fan? (a) Silly Kites Funny (b) Kites Silly Funny (c) Silly Funny Kites (d) Funny Silly Kites
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, guava, jug, rose is “Cats Grab ___ Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Love (c) Dance (d) Pigs
- 27.📅 The digits 23122024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 231/220/24 (b) 23/1220/24 (c) 2312/20/24 (d) 23/12/2024
- 28.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 29.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is a smaller number (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is printed bigger
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eat ___ Pink Crazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Cats (c) Nine (d) Red
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat ___ Seven Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Big (c) Every (d) Wins
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 266762045. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 266 762 045 (b) 266 760 245 (c) 266 676 2045 (d) 266 760 45
- 33.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
- 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
- 35.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) steps (c) games (d) tricks
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
- 37.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 896072239877. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8960 7223 877 (b) 8960 7223 9877 (c) 8996 0722 39877 (d) 8960 7223 9787
- 40.🔤 “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
Answer key
- bell
- Mice
- one
- 18/09/2012
- RSLF
- SWG
- False
- knee
- one word holds a list
- True
- 18/06/1986
- what each letter means
- run
- 8662 4625 8292
- the letters make no word
- Eight Crazy Pigs Cats
- VUAGD
- NRUL
- splitting into groups
- cake
- Australia
- in the same order
- OTWJ
- a first-letter sentence
- Kites Silly Funny
- Jump
- 23/12/2024
- 5
- three chunks, not ten
- Cats
- Every
- 266 762 045
- a list in a fixed order
- pupa
- tricks
- JFMA
- False
- an acronym
- 8960 7223 9877
- green
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