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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) in any order
- 2.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) tree (d) sun
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, inkpot, glass, watch, tent is “Dogs ___ Green Wet Toys”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Ink (c) Goats (d) Red
- 4.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) rain (d) tree
- 5.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 6.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
- 7.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) never say it (c) say it aloud often (d) read it once silently
- 8.✏️ 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
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Seven (b) Green Wins Seven (c) Seven Wins Green (d) Wins Seven Green
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, fan, guava, pencil, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAGPR (b) RPGFA (c) AFGPR (d) FGPRA
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
- 12.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
- 13.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) rain (d) tree
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, urn, banana? (a) Uncle Aunty Bunny (b) Uncle Bunny Aunty (c) Aunty Uncle Bunny (d) Bunny Uncle Aunty
- 15.📅 The digits 25011982 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2501/19/82 (b) 250/119/82 (c) 25/0119/82 (d) 25/01/1982
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for wallet, doll, pillow, banana, monkey is “Wise Dance Pigs ___ My”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Inside (c) Bakes (d) Frogs
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, doll, lemon, pencil, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCLPM (b) CDLPM (c) MPLDC (d) DLPMC
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) one (b) swing (c) bright (d) well
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) main (c) lane (d) brain
- 20.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nine Seven Wise (b) Eight Seven Wise Nine (c) Nine Eight Seven Wise (d) Wise Seven Eight Nine
- 22.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for parrot, whistle, glass, kite, ladder is “Pigs ___ Goats Kind Lazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Eight (c) Under (d) Wins
- 24.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) egg (d) adult
- 25.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) tree (d) sun
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, coconut, glass, drum, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNGDT (b) TDGCN (c) CGDTN (d) NCGDT
- 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink Aunty Ink Silly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yum (b) Fly (c) Kites (d) Aunty
- 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) violet (d) indigo
- 30.📅 The digits 15121963 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/12/1963 (b) 1512/19/63 (c) 151/219/63 (d) 15/1219/63
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) plane (b) shock (c) block (d) sock
- 32.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
- 33.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Seven Wins Goats
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shock (b) knock (c) sock (d) main
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
- 37.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, ball, rose, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBRM (b) MRBK (c) BKRM (d) BRMK
- 39.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) clock (d) night
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Frogs Mum Ants (b) Frogs Jeeps Mum Ants (c) Frogs Mum Ants Jeeps (d) Ants Mum Frogs Jeeps
Answer key
- in the same order
- sun
- Ink
- tree
- 4
- a rhyme
- say it aloud often
- the letters make no word
- Seven Wins Green
- AFGPR
- SWG
- an acronym
- king
- Aunty Uncle Bunny
- 25/01/1982
- Bakes
- CDLPM
- swing
- wake
- the rainbow colours
- Nine Eight Seven Wise
- 7
- Wins
- pupa
- bell
- NCGDT
- an acronym
- Aunty
- orange
- 15/12/1963
- plane
- splitting into groups
- one word holds a list
- Seven Wins Goats
- main
- PAISA
- a list in a fixed order
- KBRM
- clock
- Jeeps Frogs Mum Ants
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