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 kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) in the same order
- 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) world (c) one (d) star
- 4.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) smell (c) fun (d) bun
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, parrot, frog, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFPN (b) NPFC (c) PFCN (d) PNFC
- 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
- 8.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) night (d) bell
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 1446766711. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 144 676 66711 (b) 144 666 711 (c) 144 676 6711 (d) 144 676 7611
- 10.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
- 11.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) bell (d) cake
- 12.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
- 14.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Green (b) Wise Green Seven (c) Wise Seven Green (d) Green Wise Seven
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Seven Wise (b) Wise Seven Eat Neat (c) Neat Eat Seven Wise (d) Eat Seven Wise Neat
- 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
- 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, jeep, anchor? (a) Dad Jeeps Ants (b) Ants Jeeps Dad (c) Jeeps Ants Dad (d) Jeeps Dad Ants
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Fly My Aunty (b) Fly My Aunty Jeeps (c) Fly Jeeps My Aunty (d) Aunty My Fly Jeeps
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, banana, tomato? (a) Big Frogs Toys (b) Toys Big Frogs (c) Big Toys Frogs (d) Frogs Big Toys
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
- 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) steps (b) games (c) songs (d) tricks
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Play Cook (b) Cats Play Cook Eight (c) Cats Eight Play Cook (d) Cook Play Cats Eight
- 26.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
- 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
- 28.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) well (c) smell (d) shell
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Green (b) Wins Seven Green (c) Green Wins Seven (d) Wins Green Seven
- 32.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bright (b) one (c) wing (d) lake
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Seven ___ Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Wet (c) Kids (d) Cook
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) bright (c) white (d) rock
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, cat, needle? (a) Bakes Cats Neat (b) Cats Neat Bakes (c) Cats Bakes Neat (d) Neat Cats Bakes
- 37.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) shell (b) brain (c) kite (d) rake
- 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Mars
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
Answer key
- an acronym
- in the same order
- one
- 6
- smell
- NPFC
- a memory trick
- bell
- 144 676 6711
- numbers and letter lists
- cake
- white
- SWG
- what each letter means
- Seven Wise Green
- Neat Eat Seven Wise
- a rhyme
- an acronym
- chunking
- Dad Jeeps Ants
- Jeeps Fly My Aunty
- Frogs Big Toys
- a silly, funny one
- tricks
- Eight Cats Play Cook
- a list in a fixed order
- first letters as a word
- a first-letter sentence
- MVEMJSUN
- write
- Seven Wins Green
- 5
- lake
- Wet
- rock
- Bakes Cats Neat
- 8
- kite
- Earth
- JFMA
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