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.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) block (b) run (c) spell (d) spring
- 3.📅 The digits 15071965 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 150/719/65 (b) 15/07/1965 (c) 1507/19/65 (d) 15/0719/65
- 4.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat ___ Sing Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Pigs (c) Wet (d) Every
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shock (b) lock (c) rock (d) sell
- 7.✏️ 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 Seven Green (c) Wise Green Seven (d) Green Wise Seven
- 8.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 9.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
- 10.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
- 11.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) free (c) chain (d) three
- 13.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for nest, mango, radio, owl, ant is “Neat ___ Rani Only Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Jolly (c) Young (d) Mum
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 492817046. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 942 817 046 (b) 492 811 7046 (c) 498 170 46 (d) 492 817 046
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
- 18.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Asia
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for umpire, flute, spoon, duck, guava is “Up Fly Seven Dogs ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Grab (c) Fly (d) Eat
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 403927628. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 403 927 628 (b) 403 276 28 (c) 403 392 7628 (d) 409 327 628
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 573010283111. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5730 1028 3111 (b) 5703 1028 3111 (c) 5730 0283 111 (d) 5730 1028 83111
- 22.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the letters make no word (c) you like spelling (d) the list is short
- 23.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Cats Eight (b) Cats Eight Play Cook (c) Cats Play Cook Eight (d) Eight Cats Play Cook
- 25.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
- 26.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) king (d) bell
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Seven (b) Grab Wet Seven (c) Seven Wet Grab (d) Wet Seven Grab
- 28.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
- 29.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
- 30.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, apple, kite, candle is “___ Ants Kids Cook”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Funny (c) Dad (d) Nani
- 32.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
- 33.🎵 Which word does “snake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) king (d) night
- 34.🎵 Which word does “kite” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) bell (d) sun
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants My Funny Jolly (b) Funny Jolly My Ants (c) Jolly Funny My Ants (d) Funny My Ants Jolly
- 36.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) rain (d) cake
- 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for igloo, nest, ant, sock, drum is “Ice Nani All ___ Dance”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) Tea (c) Sing (d) Wise
- 40.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) clock (d) bell
Answer key
- larva
- run
- 15/07/1965
- 5
- Every
- sell
- Seven Wise Green
- 6
- numbers and letter lists
- Arctic
- initials match the list
- chain
- 2
- first letters as a word
- Mum
- 492 817 046
- VIBGYOR
- Africa
- Grab
- 403 927 628
- 5730 1028 3111
- the letters make no word
- 4
- Eight Cats Play Cook
- splitting into groups
- bell
- Seven Wet Grab
- what each letter means
- root
- 5
- Bunny
- 19 and 47
- cake
- night
- Jolly Funny My Ants
- cake
- Jupiter
- MVEMJSUN
- Sing
- rain
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