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 for north, east, south, west is “Nani Every Silly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wet (b) Crazy (c) Inside (d) Very
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) sock (b) sell (c) ton (d) knock
- 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, banana, shoe, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCSL (b) LSBC (c) CBSL (d) BSLC
- 4.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
- 5.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) true (c) known (d) clear
- 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) ended (c) done (d) learnt
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, urn, doll, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJDS (b) SDUJ (c) JUDS (d) UDSJ
- 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
- 9.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 666651107. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 666 561 107 (b) 666 651 17 (c) 666 651 107 (d) 666 665 1107
- 11.📅 The digits 27042015 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/04/2015 (b) 2704/20/15 (c) 27/0420/15 (d) 270/420/15
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kite, banana, violin, needle is “Kids Big ___ Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Very (c) Eat (d) Ice
- 13.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) spell (b) fun (c) make (d) snake
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 585298352489. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5852 9835 2489 (b) 5852 9835 22489 (c) 5825 9835 2489 (d) 5829 8352 489
- 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 781153581. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 781 153 5581 (b) 781 153 581 (c) 781 513 581 (d) 781 155 81
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Silly (b) Goats Wet Silly (c) Wet Silly Goats (d) Silly Wet Goats
- 19.📅 The digits 02052020 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/0520/20 (b) 020/520/20 (c) 02/05/2020 (d) 0205/20/20
- 20.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
- 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) make (b) snake (c) key (d) rake
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, kite, lemon? (a) Lions Kites Grab (b) Kites Lions Grab (c) Kites Grab Lions (d) Grab Kites Lions
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Frogs Jump (b) Frogs My All Jump (c) Frogs Jump My All (d) Jump Frogs My All
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 25.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
- 28.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, shoe, owl? (a) Sing Lazy Only (b) Sing Only Lazy (c) Only Sing Lazy (d) Lazy Sing Only
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Very Eat My ___ Sing Uncle Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Nani (c) Lazy (d) Jeeps
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) thing (b) ring (c) bright (d) tea
- 32.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
- 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
- 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
- 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, bucket, pillow, lemon, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPLVI (b) BIPLV (c) VLPBI (d) IBPLV
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 731561649. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 731 561 649 (b) 731 561 6499 (c) 731 561 49 (d) 731 516 649
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, fan, guava, duck, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFGDV (b) VDGFW (c) FGDVW (d) FWGDV
Answer key
- Wet
- ton
- CBSL
- one word holds a list
- true
- done
- JUDS
- chunking
- False
- 666 651 107
- 27/04/2015
- Very
- white
- fun
- 5852 9835 2489
- chunking
- 781 153 581
- Silly Wet Goats
- 02/05/2020
- first letters as a word
- key
- Grab Kites Lions
- Jump Frogs My All
- in the same order
- False
- green
- SWG
- a first-letter sentence
- Lazy Sing Only
- Jeeps
- tea
- a rhyme
- VIBGYOR
- NESW
- February
- a silly, funny one
- False
- IBPLV
- 731 561 649
- WFGDV
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