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 “Nine Eight ___ Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Toys (b) Silly (c) Neat (d) Wise
- 2.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) clock (d) rain
- 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
- 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 5.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wet Neat (b) Every Neat Sing Wet (c) Neat Every Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Every Neat
- 7.🎵 Which word does “snake” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) cake (d) sun
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) shell (b) cane (c) sing (d) bright
- 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) steps (c) tricks (d) games
- 10.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 11.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Love Eight (b) Love Pink All Eight (c) Love Eight Pink All (d) Eight Love Pink All
- 14.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Venus
- 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
- 18.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
- 19.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) king (d) bell
- 21.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 22.✏️ 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
- 23.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) nothing at all
- 24.📅 The digits 23041967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2304/19/67 (b) 230/419/67 (c) 23/0419/67 (d) 23/04/1967
- 25.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum Ants Jolly (b) Funny Jolly Mum Ants (c) Ants Mum Funny Jolly (d) Jolly Funny Mum Ants
- 27.📅 The digits 14012022 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1401/20/22 (b) 14/0120/22 (c) 14/01/2022 (d) 140/120/22
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 707867807. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 707 867 8077 (b) 707 678 07 (c) 707 867 087 (d) 707 867 807
- 29.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 30.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) king (d) sun
- 31.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) know (c) write (d) say
- 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection
- 33.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) night (b) bell (c) cake (d) tree
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “All All Neat Silly Aunty Eight ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Under (c) All (d) Nine
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 279858971. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 279 858 971 (b) 279 858 8971 (c) 279 589 71 (d) 279 588 971
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Play Crazy (b) Crazy Eight Play Crazy (c) Eight Crazy Crazy Play (d) Crazy Play Crazy Eight
- 37.True or false: “train” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for igloo, fan, bucket, vase is “Ice Funny ___ Very”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Big (c) Kids (d) Green
Answer key
- Silly
- clock
- what each letter means
- a rhyme
- False
- Neat Every Sing Wet
- cake
- shell
- tricks
- the rainbow colours
- True
- False
- Eight Love Pink All
- 4
- True
- Venus
- a list in a fixed order
- leaf
- False
- cake
- 2
- the letters make no word
- numbers and letter lists
- 23/04/1967
- 19 and 47
- Jolly Funny Mum Ants
- 14/01/2022
- 707 867 807
- 5
- sun
- know
- precipitation
- night
- All
- 279 858 971
- Eight Crazy Play Crazy
- False
- an acronym
- VIBGYOR
- Big
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