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.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
- 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) cold (c) free (d) long
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 9842647946. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 984 647 946 (b) 984 264 7496 (c) 988 426 47946 (d) 984 264 7946
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 1033856048. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 100 338 56048 (b) 013 385 6048 (c) 103 385 6048 (d) 103 385 648
- 6.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 7.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) a beat or a tune (c) saying it once quietly (d) writing it tiny
- 8.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ball, watch, net, anchor is “Bakes Wise ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Cook (c) Yum (d) Nani
- 10.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) twice (c) again (d) fast
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Ink ___ Grab Young Old Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Frogs (c) Goats (d) Big
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Frogs Red (b) Frogs Lazy Seven Red (c) Seven Red Lazy Frogs (d) Red Seven Lazy Frogs
- 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) fight (b) free (c) block (d) well
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) free (b) plane (c) train (d) chain
- 15.✏️ 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
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Goats (b) Wise Goats Silly (c) Goats Wise Silly (d) Silly Wise Goats
- 17.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
- 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, lemon, apple, goat, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBAGD (b) BLAGD (c) LAGDB (d) DGALB
- 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Silly ___ Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tiny (b) Big (c) Inside (d) Wet
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Crazy Pink (b) Crazy Pink Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Eat Pink Crazy (d) Eat Crazy Pink Crazy
- 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
- 24.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 19 and 47
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Seven (b) Wins Seven Green (c) Wins Green Seven (d) Seven Wins Green
- 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) world (c) star (d) one
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tell (b) spell (c) wake (d) shell
- 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) green (c) violet (d) blue
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, ant, igloo? (a) All Nine Ice (b) All Ice Nine (c) Nine All Ice (d) Ice All Nine
- 31.📅 The digits 10021987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/02/1987 (b) 1002/19/87 (c) 100/219/87 (d) 10/0219/87
- 32.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) know (c) say (d) write
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, cat, tomato, duck, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDTCV (b) CTDIV (c) CVTDI (d) VCTDI
- 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 35.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
- 36.📅 The digits 16122009 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1612/20/09 (b) 161/220/09 (c) 16/1220/09 (d) 16/12/2009
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) make (b) key (c) bright (d) shake
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat (b) Crazy Eat Pigs Cook (c) Eat Crazy Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat
- 39.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 735918360926. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7359 1830 6926 (b) 7735 9183 60926 (c) 7359 1836 926 (d) 7359 1836 0926
Answer key
- a list in a fixed order
- an acronym
- free
- 984 264 7946
- 103 385 6048
- one word holds a list
- a beat or a tune
- April
- Nani
- more
- Big
- Red Seven Lazy Frogs
- block
- free
- a silly, funny one
- Silly Wise Goats
- the rainbow colours
- a first-letter sentence
- BLAGD
- VIBGYOR
- Wet
- Eat Crazy Pink Crazy
- flower
- 19 and 47
- Seven Wins Green
- one
- wake
- yellow
- SWG
- Nine All Ice
- 10/02/1987
- know
- VCTDI
- an acronym
- splitting into groups
- 16/12/2009
- bright
- Eat Crazy Pigs Cook
- pupa
- 7359 1836 0926
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