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 rhymes with “tree”? (a) three (b) lake (c) rake (d) brain
- 2.📅 The digits 22071987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/719/87 (b) 2207/19/87 (c) 22/07/1987 (d) 22/0719/87
- 3.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Every Nani (b) Every Nani Silly Wise (c) Every Silly Wise Nani (d) Nani Every Silly Wise
- 5.🧰 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
- 6.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sea (b) ton (c) fun (d) one
- 8.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 9.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 10.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) bell (d) cake
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 258219838219. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2528 1983 8219 (b) 2582 1988 219 (c) 2588 2198 38219 (d) 2582 1983 8219
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wise Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Crazy (b) Only (c) Dogs (d) Seven
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, jalebi, lemon? (a) Jeeps Up Lions (b) Lions Jeeps Up (c) Jeeps Lions Up (d) Up Jeeps Lions
- 15.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) writing it tiny (c) a beat or a tune (d) no rhythm at all
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for owl, van, jug, inkpot is “Only Very ___ Ice”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Fly (b) Toys (c) Aunty (d) Jump
- 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 18.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 21.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) cake (d) tree
- 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, anchor, pencil? (a) Ants Uncle Play (b) Play Ants Uncle (c) Ants Play Uncle (d) Uncle Ants Play
- 24.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 26.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
- 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 29.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 747601064. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 747 610 064 (b) 747 601 064 (c) 476 010 64 (d) 747 760 1064
- 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 3808930272. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 380 893 272 (b) 380 893 02722 (c) 380 983 0272 (d) 380 893 0272
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
- 36.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) night (d) rain
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 870205229. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 870 205 229 (b) 870 205 29 (c) 870 020 5229 (d) 872 005 229
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat ___ Sing Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) My (b) Pigs (c) Kind (d) Every
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 8766224259. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 876 224 259 (b) 876 622 4259 (c) 876 622 42559 (d) 876 622 4295
- 40.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
Answer key
- three
- 22/07/1987
- 19 and 47
- Nani Every Silly Wise
- a rhyme
- False
- sea
- initials match the list
- 4
- cake
- ECPC
- 2582 1983 8219
- Seven
- Up Jeeps Lions
- a beat or a tune
- Jump
- a first-letter sentence
- False
- False
- 2
- cake
- a first-letter sentence
- Uncle Ants Play
- 8
- an acronym
- False
- the rainbow colours
- chunking
- one word holds a list
- in the same order
- 747 601 064
- a rhyme
- a silly, funny one
- 380 893 0272
- AANSAEA
- rain
- 870 205 229
- Every
- 876 622 4259
- green
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