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 not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) one (c) run (d) won
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, duck, key, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFKO (b) OKDF (c) FDKO (d) DKOF
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) snake (c) rock (d) wake
- 5.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 440542086180. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4405 4208 610 (b) 4405 4208 1680 (c) 4405 5420 86180 (d) 4405 4208 6180
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 6453115606. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 643 511 5606 (b) 645 311 5606 (c) 645 311 56006 (d) 645 311 606
- 9.📅 The digits 19101999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1910/19/99 (b) 19/1019/99 (c) 19/10/1999 (d) 191/019/99
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cook Every (b) Crazy Every Pigs Cook (c) Cook Pigs Crazy Every (d) Every Crazy Pigs Cook
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 12.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) king (b) clock (c) rain (d) cake
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) plane (b) cane (c) brain (d) bun
- 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 15.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 369712272877. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3697 1227 2877 (b) 6971 2272 877 (c) 3699 7122 72877 (d) 3679 1227 2877
- 17.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) bell (d) clock
- 19.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
- 20.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
- 21.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) cake (d) bell
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
- 23.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) spell (c) done (d) sell
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, bucket, ladder? (a) Lions Big Wins (b) Big Lions Wins (c) Big Wins Lions (d) Wins Big Lions
- 26.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Southern
- 27.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
- 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 30.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) light (c) lake (d) write
- 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, pillow, van, whistle, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVWRL (b) PLVWR (c) LPVWR (d) RWVPL
- 34.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) rain (c) cake (d) king
- 35.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) rain (d) bell
- 36.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 194 and 7
- 37.True or false: “block” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) night (b) bell (c) rain (d) sun
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Green (b) Wins Green Sing (c) Sing Wins Green (d) Green Wins Sing
- 40.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its colour
Answer key
- bright
- FDKO
- an acronym
- rock
- north
- AANSAEA
- 4405 4208 6180
- 645 311 5606
- 19/10/1999
- Every Crazy Pigs Cook
- chunking
- clock
- bun
- VIBGYOR
- white
- 3697 1227 2877
- True
- bell
- the letters make no word
- first letters as a word
- sun
- JFMA
- 3
- done
- Wins Big Lions
- Southern
- a rhyme
- a rhyme
- an acronym
- three chunks, not ten
- lake
- NESW
- LPVWR
- cake
- sun
- 19 and 47
- True
- bell
- Sing Wins Green
- what each letter means
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