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: “bright” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for frog, jug, vase, spoon, onion is “Frogs Jeeps Vines Sing ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Owls (c) Neat (d) Wet
- 3.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) lock (c) block (d) knock
- 5.🔤 “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
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, vase, lamp, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VLGM (b) GLVM (c) VMLG (d) MVLG
- 7.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) bell (d) night
- 8.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) has no pattern (d) means something to you
- 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) Europe (d) North America
- 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) block (c) key (d) knee
- 11.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, whistle, duck, onion, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WADOF (b) AWDOF (c) WDOFA (d) FODWA
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 4141697752. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 411 469 7752 (b) 414 169 77522 (c) 414 169 7752 (d) 414 197 752
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Vines Eat Mum ___ Sing Under Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Up (c) Ink (d) Jolly
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants ___ Neat Seven All Every Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) All (c) Dad (d) Love
- 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 19.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 918922524335. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9189 2252 4335 (b) 9189 2225 4335 (c) 9189 2524 335 (d) 9189 2255 24335
- 21.📅 The digits 11121971 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/1219/71 (b) 11/12/1971 (c) 111/219/71 (d) 1112/19/71
- 22.True or false: “one” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
- 24.📅 The digits 06012010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/01/2010 (b) 060/120/10 (c) 0601/20/10 (d) 06/0120/10
- 25.📅 The digits 08101984 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/1019/84 (b) 0810/19/84 (c) 081/019/84 (d) 08/10/1984
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, jeep, tent, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTCG (b) CTJG (c) GJTC (d) JGTC
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, wallet, banana? (a) Wise Kind Big (b) Big Wise Kind (c) Wise Big Kind (d) Kind Wise Big
- 28.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
- 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) lock (b) done (c) lane (d) kite
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) ring (b) shake (c) fight (d) smell
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, jalebi, nest? (a) Nine Jolly Mum (b) Jolly Nine Mum (c) Mum Jolly Nine (d) Jolly Mum Nine
- 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, ball, duck, rope, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRDBA (b) BDRJA (c) ABDRJ (d) BADRJ
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
- 36.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 529310106. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 552 931 0106 (b) 529 301 06 (c) 529 310 106 (d) 529 311 006
- 38.📅 The digits 13081981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/08/1981 (b) 1308/19/81 (c) 13/0819/81 (d) 130/819/81
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 218257444. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 221 825 7444 (b) 218 257 444 (c) 128 257 444 (d) 182 574 44
- 40.📅 The digits 01092010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0109/20/10 (b) 010/920/10 (c) 01/0920/10 (d) 01/09/2010
Answer key
- True
- Owls
- initials match the list
- write
- saffron
- MVLG
- bell
- means something to you
- Antarctica
- block
- April
- AWDOF
- 414 169 7752
- a silly, funny one
- in the same order
- Jolly
- All
- a first-letter sentence
- first letters as a word
- 9189 2252 4335
- 11/12/1971
- False
- an acronym
- 06/01/2010
- 08/10/1984
- GJTC
- Kind Wise Big
- False
- one word holds a list
- lock
- shake
- Mum Jolly Nine
- precipitation
- ABDRJ
- NESW
- 5
- 529 310 106
- 13/08/1981
- 218 257 444
- 01/09/2010
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