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 does “bright” rhyme with? (a) night (b) rain (c) tree (d) sun
- 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) again (c) twice (d) fast
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, bucket, anchor? (a) Ants Big Jeeps (b) Big Ants Jeeps (c) Jeeps Big Ants (d) Big Jeeps Ants
- 4.📅 The digits 02022021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0202/20/21 (b) 02/02/2021 (c) 02/0220/21 (d) 020/220/21
- 5.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the letters make no word (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
- 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 7.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) a beat or a tune (b) saying it once quietly (c) no rhythm at all (d) writing it tiny
- 8.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
- 9.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, pillow, spoon? (a) Pigs Cook Silly (b) Silly Pigs Cook (c) Pigs Silly Cook (d) Cook Pigs Silly
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
- 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 14.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) nothing at all
- 15.📅 The digits 27062023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 270/620/23 (b) 27/0620/23 (c) 27/06/2023 (d) 2706/20/23
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 809453998636. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8095 4399 8636 (b) 8094 5399 8636 (c) 8094 5399 88636 (d) 8094 5399 866
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, banana, apple? (a) Ants Big Pink (b) Big Pink Ants (c) Big Ants Pink (d) Pink Big Ants
- 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, tomato, van, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTVL (b) TVLK (c) TKVL (d) LVTK
- 19.📅 The digits 07041989 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 070/419/89 (b) 0704/19/89 (c) 07/0419/89 (d) 07/04/1989
- 20.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) steps (c) tricks (d) songs
- 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
- 22.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
- 23.🔤 “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
- 24.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) king (d) clock
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Frogs Mice Aunty (b) Frogs Mice Aunty Jeeps (c) Frogs Jeeps Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Mice Frogs Jeeps
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, lamp, inkpot? (a) Tiny Lazy Ice (b) Lazy Tiny Ice (c) Lazy Ice Tiny (d) Ice Lazy Tiny
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 28.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
- 30.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 32.📅 The digits 27061995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/06/1995 (b) 270/619/95 (c) 2706/19/95 (d) 27/0619/95
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wet Nani (b) Wet Seven Every Nani (c) Nani Every Seven Wet (d) Every Nani Seven Wet
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kettle, rose, tiger, shoe, jug is “___ Runs Toys Seven Jolly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Kids (c) Tea (d) Lions
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
- 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) long (c) free (d) fast
- 37.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) true (c) clear (d) right
- 38.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) say it aloud often (c) never say it (d) read it once silently
- 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) kite (b) knee (c) plane (d) make
- 40.📅 The digits 18021987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/02/1987 (b) 18/0219/87 (c) 1802/19/87 (d) 180/219/87
Answer key
- night
- more
- Jeeps Big Ants
- 02/02/2021
- the letters make no word
- chunking
- a beat or a tune
- Arctic
- 2
- SWG
- Cook Pigs Silly
- NESW
- what each letter means
- numbers and letter lists
- 27/06/2023
- 8094 5399 8636
- Pink Big Ants
- KTVL
- 07/04/1989
- tricks
- first letters as a word
- one word holds a list
- south
- clock
- Jeeps Frogs Mice Aunty
- Tiny Lazy Ice
- in the same order
- splitting into groups
- JFMA
- True
- a rhyme
- 27/06/1995
- Nani Every Seven Wet
- Kids
- ECPC
- free
- true
- say it aloud often
- kite
- 18/02/1987
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