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: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 3.True or false: “light” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, cat, lemon, nest is “Grab ___ Lions Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Inside (b) Big (c) Mum (d) Cats
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Lazy Every (c) Lazy Pigs Aunty Every (d) Every Lazy Pigs Aunty
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
- 7.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, coconut, net? (a) Cats Neat Wet (b) Wet Cats Neat (c) Cats Wet Neat (d) Neat Cats Wet
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for guava, key, apple, radio is “Green ___ All Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lazy (b) Kids (c) Dogs (d) Aunty
- 10.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) means something to you (c) changes daily (d) is very long
- 11.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 12.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shock (b) lock (c) fun (d) rock
- 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “___ Crazy Pigs Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tiny (b) Owls (c) Seven (d) Eat
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shake (b) train (c) tea (d) make
- 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
- 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bake (b) bun (c) lane (d) thing
- 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
- 19.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) shell (b) rake (c) one (d) knee
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, jug, owl? (a) Jeeps Bakes Old (b) Bakes Jeeps Old (c) Old Jeeps Bakes (d) Jeeps Old Bakes
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
- 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 24.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
- 25.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) numbers and letter lists (d) nothing at all
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for anchor, owl, doll, needle, pillow is “Aunty Owls ___ Nani Pink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Dance (c) Wise (d) Seven
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lazy Pigs Aunty (b) Lazy Eight Pigs Aunty (c) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eight (d) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eight
- 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) learnt (c) done (d) over
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) backwards
- 31.True or false: “string” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, umpire, watch? (a) Up Kites Wet (b) Up Wet Kites (c) Kites Up Wet (d) Wet Up Kites
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants Aunty Neat Seven Ants Eight ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Kind (c) Aunty (d) Yum
- 36.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 37.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
- 38.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pink Cook (b) Eat Cook Cook Pink (c) Eat Cook Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cook Eat
- 40.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) nothing else
Answer key
- True
- 5
- True
- Cats
- Every Lazy Pigs Aunty
- a silly, funny one
- March
- Wet Cats Neat
- Kids
- means something to you
- 5
- saffron
- fun
- Eat
- train
- one word holds a list
- bake
- egg
- rake
- Bakes Jeeps Old
- a first-letter sentence
- Pacific
- an acronym
- three chunks, not ten
- numbers and letter lists
- Dance
- Eight Lazy Pigs Aunty
- a first-letter sentence
- done
- in the same order
- False
- RSLF
- an acronym
- Kites Up Wet
- Aunty
- 4
- first letters as a word
- a first-letter sentence
- Eat Cook Pink Cook
- what each letter means
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