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.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) sea (c) sell (d) spell
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “___ Ants Ink Sing Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Mice (c) Pigs (d) Very
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) shake (b) well (c) tell (d) run
- 5.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
- 6.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Sing (b) Wet Sing Goats (c) Sing Wet Goats (d) Wet Goats Sing
- 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
- 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) yellow (d) red
- 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) tell (c) sell (d) smell
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 4099038875. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 409 903 88775 (b) 409 903 8875 (c) 409 903 8785 (d) 499 038 875
- 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) string (b) sock (c) spell (d) lake
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 1155664514. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 115 566 45514 (b) 115 564 6514 (c) 115 566 4514 (d) 155 664 514
- 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) snake (c) block (d) knock
- 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) red
- 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, cat, urn, pencil, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGUPN (b) CUPNG (c) GCUPN (d) NPUCG
- 19.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) changes daily (c) is very long (d) has no pattern
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, key, bucket, watch, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBWNU (b) NWBKU (c) KUBWN (d) UKBWN
- 21.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 6047976489. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 660 479 76489 (b) 064 797 6489 (c) 604 976 489 (d) 604 797 6489
- 23.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) night (d) bell
- 24.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🎵 Which word does “snake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) cake (d) king
- 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
- 27.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 28.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, radio, watch? (a) Rani Grab Wins (b) Wins Rani Grab (c) Rani Wins Grab (d) Grab Rani Wins
- 30.🎵 Which word does “well” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) rain (d) king
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 586399067. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 568 399 067 (b) 586 399 067 (c) 588 639 9067 (d) 583 990 67
- 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, cat, jug? (a) Crazy Jeeps Frogs (b) Frogs Crazy Jeeps (c) Crazy Frogs Jeeps (d) Jeeps Crazy Frogs
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Crazy Eight (b) Eight Crazy Pink Crazy (c) Eight Crazy Crazy Pink (d) Crazy Eight Pink Crazy
- 35.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 36.✏️ 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
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a very long one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
- 38.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets
- 39.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Frogs My Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) Neat (c) Grab (d) All
Answer key
- first letters as a word
- sea
- Pigs
- shake
- the letters make no word
- 6
- Sing Wet Goats
- in the same order
- yellow
- one
- a rhyme
- 409 903 8875
- string
- 115 566 4514
- snake
- orange
- a list in a fixed order
- GCUPN
- means something to you
- UKBWN
- True
- 604 797 6489
- night
- False
- cake
- green
- white
- False
- Grab Rani Wins
- bell
- 586 399 067
- January
- Frogs Crazy Jeeps
- Eight Crazy Pink Crazy
- splitting into groups
- initials match the list
- a silly, funny one
- the rainbow colours
- 4
- Jeeps
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