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: “swing” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 2.📅 The digits 25101988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/10/1988 (b) 2510/19/88 (c) 251/019/88 (d) 25/1019/88
- 3.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
- 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
- 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Cook Pink (b) Cook Pink Cook Eight (c) Eight Cook Pink Cook (d) Cook Eight Pink Cook
- 7.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, bucket, tomato, anchor, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBTAV (b) BLTAV (c) BTAVL (d) VATBL
- 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 10.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) sun (d) bell
- 11.📅 The digits 09051959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/05/1959 (b) 09/0519/59 (c) 090/519/59 (d) 0905/19/59
- 12.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) saying it once quietly (c) writing it tiny (d) a beat or a tune
- 13.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
- 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
- 15.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for owl, apple, rose, van is “Old ___ Runs Very”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Up (c) All (d) Big
- 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
- 19.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 20.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, ball, monkey, owl is “___ Big Mum Only”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) All (c) Fly (d) Bakes
- 22.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) bell (d) night
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, sock, goat? (a) Sing Wet Goats (b) Wet Sing Goats (c) Goats Sing Wet (d) Sing Goats Wet
- 24.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “make” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 26.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, parrot, owl? (a) Play Cats Owls (b) Owls Play Cats (c) Cats Play Owls (d) Play Owls Cats
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 4117240394. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 441 172 40394 (b) 411 724 0394 (c) 417 240 394 (d) 141 724 0394
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Lazy Every (c) Lazy Pink Aunty Every (d) Every Lazy Pink Aunty
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
- 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) South America
- 32.True or false: “string” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “main” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
- 36.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 378250121811. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7382 5012 1811 (b) 3782 5012 181 (c) 3782 5012 18811 (d) 3782 5012 1811
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for parrot, violin, mirror, bucket, jug is “Pigs Vans Mice Bakes ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Jolly (c) Silly (d) Eat
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, duck, umpire, jeep, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJUDB (b) BDUJV (c) DUJVB (d) DBUJV
- 40.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
Answer key
- False
- 25/10/1988
- splitting into groups
- a list in a fixed order
- the rainbow colours
- Eight Cook Pink Cook
- True
- LBTAV
- chunking
- sun
- 09/05/1959
- a beat or a tune
- means something to you
- a memory trick
- False
- PAISA
- All
- condensation
- what each letter means
- white
- Jolly
- night
- Wet Sing Goats
- True
- True
- initials match the list
- Cats Play Owls
- 411 724 0394
- Every Lazy Pink Aunty
- MVEMJSUN
- Africa
- True
- False
- in the same order
- a silly, funny one
- True
- 3782 5012 1811
- Jolly
- BDUJV
- first letters as a word
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