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.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
- 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, flute, inkpot, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIKU (b) FUIK (c) KIFU (d) UFIK
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
- 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 4951405802. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 495 140 5802 (b) 495 140 58022 (c) 495 140 8502 (d) 451 405 802
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, goat, shoe, apple, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSAJB (b) GBSAJ (c) JASGB (d) BGSAJ
- 8.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 9.🎵 Which word does “kite” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) sun (d) cake
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 912957183379. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9129 5713 379 (b) 9129 5781 3379 (c) 9129 5718 83379 (d) 9129 5718 3379
- 11.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Silly Wet (b) Neat Eat Silly Wet (c) Wet Silly Eat Neat (d) Eat Silly Wet Neat
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) sea (c) cane (d) plane
- 15.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wins Neat (b) Wins Silly Every Neat (c) Every Neat Silly Wins (d) Neat Every Silly Wins
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) rake (c) wake (d) bun
- 18.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) cake (d) king
- 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) again (c) more (d) twice
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, wallet, bucket? (a) Funny Wise Big (b) Wise Funny Big (c) Big Wise Funny (d) Wise Big Funny
- 21.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 22.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 1 and 947
- 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) sell (b) smell (c) brain (d) fight
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Pigs Crazy (c) Eat Crazy Crazy Pigs (d) Crazy Eat Pigs Crazy
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
- 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) ring (b) key (c) run (d) rock
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, igloo, pencil? (a) Ice Crazy Pink (b) Pink Ice Crazy (c) Ice Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Ice Pink
- 29.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
- 30.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) pupa (d) adult
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
- 32.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) king (d) bell
- 33.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
- 34.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) sound patterns stick (c) they are longer (d) they are always true
- 35.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, glass, violin, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVNW (b) WGVN (c) GWVN (d) NVGW
- 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) orange (d) indigo
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 8175882131. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 881 758 82131 (b) 875 882 131 (c) 817 588 2113 (d) 817 588 2131
- 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) sock (b) knee (c) bright (d) lane
- 40.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
Answer key
- True
- a silly, funny one
- UFIK
- PAISA
- chunking
- 495 140 5802
- BGSAJ
- 6
- night
- 9129 5718 3379
- True
- 2
- Neat Eat Silly Wet
- sea
- True
- Neat Every Silly Wins
- bun
- king
- more
- Funny Wise Big
- what each letter means
- 19 and 47
- fight
- Eat Crazy Pigs Crazy
- JFMA
- False
- ring
- Crazy Ice Pink
- first letters as a word
- larva
- ECPC
- rain
- a list in a fixed order
- sound patterns stick
- True
- WGVN
- orange
- 817 588 2131
- knee
- initials match the list
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