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: pencil, tiger, doll, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDTP (b) TPDW (c) PTDW (d) TDWP
- 2.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
- 3.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) well (b) make (c) bite (d) lane
- 5.🔢 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
- 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) learnt (c) ended (d) done
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Sing Grab (b) Wet Grab Sing (c) Sing Wet Grab (d) Grab Wet Sing
- 8.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
- 10.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
- 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
- 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) twice (c) again (d) more
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kite, goat, fan, tomato, candle is “Kind Grab Frogs Toys ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) Red (c) Pigs (d) Crazy
- 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) long (c) cold (d) free
- 15.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) run (c) fun (d) ton
- 17.📅 The digits 13081954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1308/19/54 (b) 130/819/54 (c) 13/0819/54 (d) 13/08/1954
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, drum, banana? (a) Big Dance Play (b) Play Dance Big (c) Dance Big Play (d) Dance Play Big
- 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 20.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, flute, onion? (a) Kind Fly Only (b) Fly Kind Only (c) Only Fly Kind (d) Fly Only Kind
- 22.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
- 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) light (c) thing (d) swing
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Australia (d) Antarctica
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, igloo, guava? (a) Ice Grab Owls (b) Grab Ice Owls (c) Ice Owls Grab (d) Owls Ice Grab
- 27.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) never say it (c) read it once silently (d) change it each day
- 28.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) rain (d) bell
- 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) write (c) say (d) know
- 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) cane (b) snake (c) ton (d) shell
- 32.📅 The digits 27021973 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/0219/73 (b) 270/219/73 (c) 27/02/1973 (d) 2702/19/73
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 34.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 35.True or false: “plane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 349406571929. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4940 6571 929 (b) 3494 6057 1929 (c) 3494 0065 71929 (d) 3494 0657 1929
- 37.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, lemon, watch, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LWFI (b) ILWF (c) LIWF (d) FWLI
- 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) blue (b) indigo (c) red (d) violet
- 40.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets
Answer key
- PTDW
- north
- a rhyme
- bite
- 19 and 47
- done
- Sing Wet Grab
- 2
- NESW
- stem
- first letters as a word
- more
- Crazy
- free
- True
- string
- 13/08/1954
- Play Dance Big
- one word holds a list
- False
- Kind Fly Only
- three chunks, not ten
- light
- in the same order
- North America
- Owls Ice Grab
- say it aloud often
- clock
- know
- an acronym
- snake
- 27/02/1973
- an acronym
- 5
- True
- 3494 0657 1929
- a list in a fixed order
- ILWF
- indigo
- the rainbow colours
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