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 not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) bright (c) white (d) key
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wise Nani (b) Every Nani Silly Wise (c) Nani Every Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Every Nani
- 3.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) backwards (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
- 5.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eight Seven Wins (b) Eight Nani Seven Wins (c) Wins Seven Eight Nani (d) Eight Seven Wins Nani
- 7.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) over (c) done (d) ended
- 10.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Green (b) Seven Wise Green (c) Wise Green Seven (d) Green Wise Seven
- 12.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, cat, inkpot, watch, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CLIWT (b) TWICL (c) CIWTL (d) LCIWT
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, ladder, nest? (a) Love Neat Big (b) Neat Love Big (c) Love Big Neat (d) Big Love Neat
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Sing Grab (b) Sing Wet Grab (c) Wet Grab Sing (d) Grab Wet Sing
- 16.🧰 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
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, goat, tomato, watch, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DWTGJ (b) GTWDJ (c) GJTWD (d) JGTWD
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, cat, frog? (a) Dance Cook Frogs (b) Frogs Cook Dance (c) Cook Frogs Dance (d) Cook Dance Frogs
- 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
- 22.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) rain (d) night
- 23.📅 The digits 18011955 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/0119/55 (b) 1801/19/55 (c) 180/119/55 (d) 18/01/1955
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Cook Eight (b) Eight Cook Cook Play (c) Cook Eight Play Cook (d) Eight Cook Play Cook
- 25.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) cake (d) rain
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Aunty All ___ Sing Ants Every Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wins (b) Bunny (c) Cook (d) Nani
- 27.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 7023686156. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 702 368 6165 (b) 702 366 86156 (c) 702 368 156 (d) 702 368 6156
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 840198502754. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8409 8502 754 (b) 8401 9985 02754 (c) 8401 9805 2754 (d) 8401 9850 2754
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jug, violin, lemon, ice cream, owl is “Jolly Vans Lions Ice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Young (b) Bunny (c) Pigs (d) Old
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
- 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani ___ Silly Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Every (c) Cook (d) Bunny
- 34.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Australia
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 213565271575. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2135 6521 7575 (b) 2135 6527 1575 (c) 2135 6552 71575 (d) 2135 6527 575
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 7286388682. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 728 638 682 (b) 728 663 88682 (c) 728 638 8682 (d) 726 838 8682
- 37.🎵 Which word does “knee” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) bell (d) cake
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a dull, plain one
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, jug, needle? (a) Neat Jolly Rani (b) Rani Jolly Neat (c) Jolly Rani Neat (d) Jolly Neat Rani
- 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- key
- Nani Every Silly Wise
- collection
- in the same order
- False
- Nani Eight Seven Wins
- False
- a rhyme
- done
- the letters make no word
- Seven Wise Green
- what each letter means
- LCIWT
- Big Love Neat
- Sing Wet Grab
- chunking
- JGTWD
- PAISA
- Dance Cook Frogs
- an acronym
- a first-letter sentence
- night
- 18/01/1955
- Eight Cook Play Cook
- bell
- Nani
- True
- 702 368 6156
- 8401 9850 2754
- Old
- RSLF
- a rhyme
- Every
- North America
- 2135 6527 1575
- 728 638 8682
- tree
- a silly, funny one
- Rani Jolly Neat
- False
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