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: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
- 3.🎵 Which word does “knock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) king (d) sun
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) swing (b) spring (c) thing (d) train
- 5.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, ladder, net? (a) Love Jeeps Nine (b) Love Nine Jeeps (c) Nine Love Jeeps (d) Jeeps Love Nine
- 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
- 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 9.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
- 10.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for spoon, cat, monkey, banana, duck is “Seven ___ Mum Bunny Dad”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kids (b) Play (c) Cats (d) Goats
- 12.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) is very long
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a silly, funny one
- 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
- 15.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
- 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) yellow (b) violet (c) blue (d) red
- 17.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a list of numbers (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a very long word
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
- 19.True or false: “done” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 21.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Lions Funny (b) Rani Seven Lions Funny (c) Seven Lions Funny Rani (d) Funny Lions Seven Rani
- 23.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 24.📅 The digits 12061976 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 120/619/76 (b) 1206/19/76 (c) 12/0619/76 (d) 12/06/1976
- 25.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
- 26.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 27.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 194 and 7
- 28.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Indian
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Play Cook (b) Cook Play Cook Eat (c) Eat Cook Cook Play (d) Eat Cook Play Cook
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, lamp, cat, guava, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCGVD (b) DLCGV (c) LDCGV (d) VGCLD
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) bun (b) key (c) smell (d) brain
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, jug, drum? (a) Jolly Dance Red (b) Red Jolly Dance (c) Dance Jolly Red (d) Jolly Red Dance
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 34.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) leaf (d) flower
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat Every ___ Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Cook (c) Seven (d) Uncle
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Ice ___ Green Yum Only Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Every (c) Crazy (d) Nani
- 37.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 39.📅 The digits 23082009 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2308/20/09 (b) 23/08/2009 (c) 230/820/09 (d) 23/0820/09
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Pigs Cats (b) Eat Cats Cats Pigs (c) Cats Pigs Cats Eat (d) Eat Cats Pigs Cats
Answer key
- False
- an acronym
- clock
- train
- the letters make no word
- Jeeps Love Nine
- ECPC
- a first-letter sentence
- white
- True
- Cats
- means something to you
- a silly, funny one
- evaporation
- Saturn
- violet
- initials match the list
- JFMA
- True
- 5
- a first-letter sentence
- Rani Seven Lions Funny
- False
- 12/06/1976
- the rainbow colours
- 4
- 19 and 47
- Arctic
- Eat Cook Play Cook
- DLCGV
- smell
- Red Jolly Dance
- a rhyme
- stem
- Seven
- Bakes
- False
- False
- 23/08/2009
- Eat Cats Pigs Cats
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