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.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) lake (b) write (c) brain (d) sell
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
- 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) make (b) spring (c) wake (d) lake
- 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
- 5.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
- 7.📅 The digits 08122001 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/12/2001 (b) 081/220/01 (c) 08/1220/01 (d) 0812/20/01
- 8.🔤 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
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sea (b) plane (c) tea (d) three
- 10.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 11.📅 The digits 28091959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 280/919/59 (b) 2809/19/59 (c) 28/09/1959 (d) 28/0919/59
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, van, jalebi? (a) Bakes Very Jump (b) Jump Very Bakes (c) Very Bakes Jump (d) Very Jump Bakes
- 13.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) there is no list
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, key, needle? (a) Nani Kind Jolly (b) Jolly Kind Nani (c) Kind Nani Jolly (d) Kind Jolly Nani
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, sock, rose? (a) Red Seven Lazy (b) Seven Red Lazy (c) Lazy Seven Red (d) Seven Lazy Red
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Lazy Frogs (b) Sing Runs Lazy Frogs (c) Frogs Lazy Sing Runs (d) Sing Lazy Frogs Runs
- 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 18.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 19.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) never say it (c) change it each day (d) read it once silently
- 20.True or false: “brain” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 21.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
- 22.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) free (b) long (c) cold (d) fast
- 23.📅 The digits 21081956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 210/819/56 (b) 21/0819/56 (c) 21/08/1956 (d) 2108/19/56
- 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) lane (b) wing (c) well (d) wake
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, lemon, shoe, ant, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LSAIC (b) LCSAI (c) IASLC (d) CLSAI
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for mirror, vase, glass, drum is “Mice Very Grab ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yum (b) Ants (c) Tea (d) Dogs
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Lazy Eight (b) Lazy Pink All Eight (c) Eight Lazy Pink All (d) Lazy Eight Pink All
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) backwards (c) in any order (d) in the same order
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 371535408. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 371 535 408 (b) 375 135 408 (c) 371 535 48 (d) 371 535 4088
- 30.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 393494220700. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3934 9242 0700 (b) 3934 9420 700 (c) 3934 9422 0700 (d) 3934 4942 20700
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, goat, watch, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWGD (b) GWFD (c) DGWF (d) GDWF
- 33.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) bell (d) king
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, rope, wallet, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RVWA (b) AWRV (c) VRWA (d) RWAV
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) chain (c) light (d) train
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 5501481546. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 550 148 1546 (b) 550 418 1546 (c) 555 014 81546 (d) 551 481 546
- 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) indigo (b) green (c) red (d) blue
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for doll, sock, van, guava, mango is “Dogs Sing Vans ___ Mice”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Dogs (c) Jump (d) Eight
- 39.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) night (b) bell (c) king (d) cake
Answer key
- brain
- ECPC
- spring
- what each letter means
- False
- RSLF
- 08/12/2001
- NESW
- plane
- 2
- 28/09/1959
- Bakes Very Jump
- the letters make no word
- Jolly Kind Nani
- Lazy Seven Red
- Runs Sing Lazy Frogs
- one word holds a list
- 5
- say it aloud often
- True
- initials match the list
- free
- 21/08/1956
- wake
- CLSAI
- Dogs
- Eight Lazy Pink All
- in the same order
- 371 535 408
- 7
- 3934 9422 0700
- DGWF
- sun
- VRWA
- light
- 550 148 1546
- blue
- Green
- True
- bell
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