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 first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a very long one (c) one with no picture (d) a dull, plain one
- 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
- 3.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
- 5.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
- 6.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
- 7.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) it is a smaller number (d) three chunks, not ten
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 5002549479. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 500 245 9479 (b) 500 254 9479 (c) 500 254 479 (d) 500 254 94779
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) swing (b) string (c) bright (d) wing
- 10.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) again (c) fast (d) more
- 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, jug, drum? (a) Jeeps Bakes Dance (b) Dance Jeeps Bakes (c) Jeeps Dance Bakes (d) Bakes Jeeps Dance
- 13.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 250170320. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 251 070 320 (b) 255 017 0320 (c) 250 170 320 (d) 250 703 20
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) wing (b) light (c) block (d) one
- 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) collection
- 17.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 18.📅 The digits 11071968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1107/19/68 (b) 11/07/1968 (c) 110/719/68 (d) 11/0719/68
- 19.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 6240453836. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 624 404 53836 (b) 624 053 836 (c) 624 045 3836 (d) 620 445 3836
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for coconut, tomato, jug, pillow is “Crazy Toys ___ Pink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Love (c) Jump (d) Bakes
- 22.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 5157442393. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 515 744 2393 (b) 515 744 3293 (c) 515 744 239 (d) 515 744 23993
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, umpire, key, nest, lamp is “___ Uncle Kids Nine Love”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Dance (c) Green (d) Kind
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 5578824772. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 557 884 2772 (b) 578 824 772 (c) 557 882 4772 (d) 557 882 47722
- 26.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Fly Jolly (c) Fly Mum Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Mum Aunty
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 372248403. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 337 224 8403 (b) 372 244 803 (c) 372 248 403 (d) 372 284 03
- 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Indian
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) right (c) clear (d) true
- 31.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) songs (c) steps (d) tricks
- 32.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) king (d) night
- 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
- 34.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
- 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 36.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 581060241. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 581 060 24 (b) 580 160 241 (c) 581 106 0241 (d) 581 060 241
- 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) sell (c) smell (d) well
- 39.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
Answer key
- a silly, funny one
- a memory trick
- Southern
- JFMA
- south
- egg
- three chunks, not ten
- 500 254 9479
- bright
- more
- a list in a fixed order
- Bakes Jeeps Dance
- east
- 250 170 320
- block
- precipitation
- saffron
- 11/07/1968
- first letters as a word
- 624 045 3836
- Jump
- splitting into groups
- 515 744 2393
- Jolly
- 557 882 4772
- 6
- Jolly Fly Mum Aunty
- 372 248 403
- Pacific
- true
- tricks
- clock
- NESW
- initials match the list
- the rainbow colours
- False
- 581 060 241
- knock
- False
- means something to you
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