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: “light” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
- 4.True or false: “knee” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 563217023. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 563 217 032 (b) 563 217 023 (c) 562 170 23 (d) 556 321 7023
- 6.True or false: “knock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
- 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) red (c) indigo (d) violet
- 9.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) rain (d) cake
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, doll, ant, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAIR (b) RDAI (c) DRAI (d) IADR
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “___ Ants Nine Silly All Every All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) All (c) Rani (d) Kids
- 13.📅 The digits 08091966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/919/66 (b) 08/0919/66 (c) 08/09/1966 (d) 0809/19/66
- 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, flute, tent, cat, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FITCB (b) BCTFI (c) FTCBI (d) IFTCB
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 353342787782. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3533 4728 7782 (b) 3533 4427 87782 (c) 3533 4278 7782 (d) 3534 2787 782
- 16.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
- 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) violet (d) green
- 18.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) tree (d) bell
- 20.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for goat, drum, jeep, lemon, fan is “___ Dance Jolly Lions Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Eight (c) Grab (d) Cats
- 22.True or false: “fun” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 24.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum Ants Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly Mum Ants (c) Jolly Frogs Mum Ants (d) Ants Mum Frogs Jolly
- 26.📅 The digits 08091992 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0809/19/92 (b) 080/919/92 (c) 08/0919/92 (d) 08/09/1992
- 27.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) cake (d) tree
- 28.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 29.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
- 30.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Love Funny (b) Funny Love Sing Runs (c) Sing Runs Love Funny (d) Sing Love Funny Runs
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Inside ___ Goats Yum Only Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Green (c) Silly (d) All
- 33.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) clear (c) true (d) known
- 34.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bite (b) smell (c) wing (d) shell
- 38.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 40.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
Answer key
- True
- a list in a fixed order
- a silly, funny one
- True
- 563 217 023
- True
- splitting into groups
- indigo
- cake
- NESW
- RDAI
- All
- 08/09/1966
- IFTCB
- 3533 4278 7782
- March
- orange
- False
- tree
- 4
- Grab
- False
- what each letter means
- chunking
- Jolly Frogs Mum Ants
- 08/09/1992
- cake
- white
- an acronym
- initials match the list
- Runs Sing Love Funny
- Bunny
- true
- a first-letter sentence
- in the same order
- MVEMJSUN
- wing
- False
- True
- the letters make no word
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