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.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, whistle, ladder, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WSLU (b) SWLU (c) ULWS (d) WLUS
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eight Seven Wet (b) Eight Nani Seven Wet (c) Wet Seven Eight Nani (d) Eight Seven Wet Nani
- 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 4.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) white (c) shell (d) bright
- 6.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 8.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 9.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) reading very fast (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
- 10.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) night (d) rain
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, kettle, fan? (a) Ants Kites Frogs (b) Kites Frogs Ants (c) Kites Ants Frogs (d) Frogs Kites Ants
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for key, ladder, jeep, ant, owl is “Kids ___ Jeeps Aunty Only”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Cook (c) Funny (d) Lions
- 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
- 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) backwards
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants ___ Neat Silly All Eight All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Uncle (c) Big (d) Aunty
- 16.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) known (c) right (d) true
- 18.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) won (c) light (d) ton
- 20.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) cold (c) long (d) free
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for orange, coconut, radio, apple, tomato is “Only ___ Red All Toys”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Cook (c) Big (d) Neat
- 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 704511622. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 745 116 22 (b) 740 511 622 (c) 704 511 6622 (d) 704 511 622
- 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
- 25.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
- 26.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
- 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3859614716. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 385 966 14716 (b) 389 614 716 (c) 385 961 4716 (d) 835 961 4716
- 29.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 194 and 7
- 30.🔤 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
- 31.📅 The digits 18041997 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/04/1997 (b) 180/419/97 (c) 18/0419/97 (d) 1804/19/97
- 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) rake (b) make (c) train (d) sell
- 33.📅 The digits 02101969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/10/1969 (b) 02/1019/69 (c) 021/019/69 (d) 0210/19/69
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 749873610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 749 873 610 (b) 749 873 10 (c) 749 873 601 (d) 749 873 6610
- 35.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) clock (d) cake
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1916113521. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 191 611 3251 (b) 191 661 13521 (c) 191 611 3521 (d) 196 113 521
- 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
- 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 39.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) sound patterns stick (c) they are longer (d) they are always true
- 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Indian
Answer key
- SWLU
- Nani Eight Seven Wet
- what each letter means
- False
- shell
- 2
- a list in a fixed order
- initials match the list
- splitting into groups
- night
- Ants Kites Frogs
- Lions
- first letters as a word
- in the same order
- Aunty
- False
- true
- the rainbow colours
- light
- free
- Cook
- larva
- 704 511 622
- NESW
- a first-letter sentence
- numbers and letter lists
- MVEMJSUN
- 385 961 4716
- 19 and 47
- SWG
- 18/04/1997
- sell
- 02/10/1969
- 749 873 610
- clock
- 191 611 3521
- evaporation
- saffron
- sound patterns stick
- Southern
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