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) ton (b) make (c) tea (d) light
- 2.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they need no practice (c) they are longer (d) sound patterns stick
- 3.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) cold (c) free (d) fast
- 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
- 6.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
- 7.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
- 8.📅 The digits 13082011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1308/20/11 (b) 130/820/11 (c) 13/0820/11 (d) 13/08/2011
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, rope, violin, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RVAC (b) RCVA (c) AVRC (d) CRVA
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 525261828. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 552 261 828 (b) 525 261 828 (c) 525 266 1828 (d) 252 618 28
- 11.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 12.📅 The digits 03022000 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 030/220/00 (b) 03/0220/00 (c) 03/02/2000 (d) 0302/20/00
- 13.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
- 14.🎵 Which word does “sing” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) clock (d) cake
- 15.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) backwards (d) in ABC order
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, apple, igloo? (a) All Tiny Inside (b) All Inside Tiny (c) Tiny All Inside (d) Inside All Tiny
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, urn, frog? (a) Frogs Under Green (b) Under Green Frogs (c) Green Under Frogs (d) Under Frogs Green
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Play Crazy (b) Cook Eat Play Crazy (c) Cook Play Crazy Eat (d) Crazy Play Cook Eat
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 713529224. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 713 529 24 (b) 713 529 224 (c) 713 522 9224 (d) 713 259 224
- 22.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
- 23.📅 The digits 05121968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 051/219/68 (b) 0512/19/68 (c) 05/1219/68 (d) 05/12/1968
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, jeep, apple, rose, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GJARI (b) IRAJG (c) JGARI (d) JARIG
- 25.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) learn (c) know (d) write
- 27.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
- 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 29.True or false: “well” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, kite, goat, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGKV (b) KGOV (c) VKGO (d) KVGO
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, kite, ball, mirror, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMBKJ (b) JKBML (c) KBMLJ (d) KJBML
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 9775751109. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 977 577 51109 (b) 977 575 1109 (c) 977 751 109 (d) 797 575 1109
- 33.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) tree (d) rain
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly ___ Mum All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Fly (b) Pigs (c) Big (d) Very
- 35.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 941758080. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 941 758 00 (b) 941 758 080 (c) 914 758 080 (d) 941 775 8080
- 37.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) knock (c) shock (d) lock
- 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
Answer key
- tea
- sound patterns stick
- False
- free
- the rainbow colours
- west
- initials match the list
- 13/08/2011
- CRVA
- 525 261 828
- 7
- 03/02/2000
- numbers and letter lists
- king
- splitting into groups
- in the same order
- Tiny All Inside
- a silly, funny one
- Green Under Frogs
- Eat Cook Play Crazy
- 713 529 224
- the letters make no word
- 05/12/1968
- GJARI
- True
- know
- one word holds a list
- a rhyme
- False
- VKGO
- JKBML
- 977 575 1109
- rain
- Fly
- 4
- 941 758 080
- a rhyme
- bright
- False
- a list in a fixed order
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