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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
- 2.✏️ 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
- 3.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
- 6.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Sing Wins ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kites (b) Love (c) Grab (d) Funny
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Sing Wet (b) Neat Eight Sing Wet (c) Wet Sing Eight Neat (d) Eight Sing Wet Neat
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, mango, ant, glass, radio is “Jolly ___ All Grab Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Tea (c) Dad (d) Rani
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for owl, tent, ant, ball is “___ Toys Ants Bunny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yaks (b) Old (c) Wet (d) Dad
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) main (b) tell (c) plane (d) brain
- 12.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) cake (d) tree
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, coconut, tiger, violin, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTVPU (b) UCTVP (c) CUTVP (d) PVTCU
- 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 1428958707. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 142 289 58707 (b) 142 895 8707 (c) 412 895 8707 (d) 142 958 707
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) make (c) run (d) shake
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pigs Ants Every (b) Lazy Every Pigs Ants (c) Every Lazy Pigs Ants (d) Ants Pigs Lazy Every
- 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
- 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 590331246. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 590 333 1246 (b) 903 312 46 (c) 590 331 246 (d) 590 331 426
- 21.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) clock (d) cake
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sea (b) block (c) free (d) key
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump Mice Aunty (b) Fly Mice Aunty Jump (c) Jump Fly Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Mice Fly Jump
- 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 864803253. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 864 803 235 (b) 864 803 253 (c) 648 032 53 (d) 864 800 3253
- 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) more (c) again (d) twice
- 27.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
- 28.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 29.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) lane (b) sock (c) make (d) well
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
- 32.📅 The digits 11061990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1106/19/90 (b) 110/619/90 (c) 11/0619/90 (d) 11/06/1990
- 33.📅 The digits 18071991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/0719/91 (b) 1807/19/91 (c) 18/07/1991 (d) 180/719/91
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) spell (b) light (c) bake (d) block
- 35.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) star (c) planet (d) world
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for umpire, key, wallet, radio, mirror is “Uncle Kids Wet ___ Mum”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Neat (b) Play (c) Runs (d) Yum
- 37.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, mirror, orange, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MODV (b) VMOD (c) DOMV (d) MVOD
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, goat, ice cream, frog, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDIFA (b) GIFAD (c) AFIGD (d) DGIFA
- 40.📅 The digits 22081999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/819/99 (b) 22/0819/99 (c) 22/08/1999 (d) 2208/19/99
Answer key
- east
- a silly, funny one
- True
- what each letter means
- SWG
- the letters make no word
- Grab
- Neat Eight Sing Wet
- Mice
- Old
- tell
- cake
- UCTVP
- evaporation
- 142 895 8707
- run
- Every Lazy Pigs Ants
- condensation
- the rainbow colours
- 590 331 246
- cake
- block
- Jump Fly Mice Aunty
- VIBGYOR
- 864 803 253
- more
- January
- one word holds a list
- 3
- well
- RSLF
- 11/06/1990
- 18/07/1991
- block
- one
- Runs
- an acronym
- VMOD
- DGIFA
- 22/08/1999
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