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 does “lock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) cake (d) bell
- 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
- 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 4.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
- 5.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
- 6.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 5832212953. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 532 212 953 (b) 583 221 2953 (c) 588 322 12953 (d) 583 212 2953
- 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Saturn
- 12.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
- 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, fan, owl, banana, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBOFT (b) FTOBK (c) TFOBK (d) FOBKT
- 16.🧰 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
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Goats (b) Goats Wise Seven (c) Wise Goats Seven (d) Seven Wise Goats
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, goat, fan? (a) Funny Green Very (b) Very Green Funny (c) Green Funny Very (d) Green Very Funny
- 19.📅 The digits 26011981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2601/19/81 (b) 26/0119/81 (c) 260/119/81 (d) 26/01/1981
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, glass, owl? (a) Green Bunny Old (b) Green Old Bunny (c) Bunny Green Old (d) Old Green Bunny
- 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, parrot, violin, banana, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVBNL (b) NBVPL (c) LPVBN (d) PLVBN
- 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
- 24.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
- 26.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) chain (b) ring (c) write (d) lake
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 889558808. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 889 558 808 (b) 889 558 8088 (c) 889 558 088 (d) 889 558 08
- 29.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
- 31.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
- 32.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
- 34.📅 The digits 06112011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 061/120/11 (b) 06/1120/11 (c) 06/11/2011 (d) 0611/20/11
- 35.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only pictures (d) nothing at all
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, coconut, van? (a) Cats Toys Vans (b) Cats Vans Toys (c) Vans Cats Toys (d) Toys Cats Vans
- 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bake (b) cane (c) shock (d) spring
- 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
- 40.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) bright (b) write (c) ton (d) lock
Answer key
- clock
- Pacific
- one word holds a list
- the letters make no word
- condensation
- False
- False
- a list in a fixed order
- 583 221 2953
- chunking
- Saturn
- False
- first letters as a word
- a first-letter sentence
- TFOBK
- chunking
- Seven Wise Goats
- Very Green Funny
- 26/01/1981
- Bunny Green Old
- a memory trick
- LPVBN
- VIBGYOR
- saffron
- RSLF
- 2
- write
- 889 558 808
- False
- means something to you
- three chunks, not ten
- True
- a silly, funny one
- 06/11/2011
- numbers and letter lists
- Toys Cats Vans
- stem
- cane
- AANSAEA
- lock
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