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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Silly Runs (b) Silly Lazy Fly Runs (c) Runs Silly Lazy Fly (d) Silly Runs Lazy Fly
- 2.True or false: “block” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, kite, guava, nest, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGNVD (b) VNGKD (c) DKGNV (d) KDGNV
- 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
- 5.📅 The digits 13042018 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/0420/18 (b) 13/04/2018 (c) 130/420/18 (d) 1304/20/18
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Silly Wins (b) Eight Silly Wins Nani (c) Nani Eight Silly Wins (d) Wins Silly Eight Nani
- 7.🎵 Which word does “string” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) sun (d) clock
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 551081185404. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5511 0811 85404 (b) 5510 1818 5404 (c) 5510 8118 5404 (d) 5518 1185 404
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nine Seven Wet (b) Wet Seven Eight Nine (c) Eight Seven Wet Nine (d) Nine Eight Seven Wet
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, key, radio, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRKA (b) KRWA (c) AKRW (d) KARW
- 11.📅 The digits 20041960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 20/04/1960 (b) 2004/19/60 (c) 200/419/60 (d) 20/0419/60
- 12.📅 The digits 11082021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/820/21 (b) 11/0820/21 (c) 1108/20/21 (d) 11/08/2021
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, umbrella, tomato? (a) Only Up Tea (b) Up Tea Only (c) Tea Up Only (d) Up Only Tea
- 14.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
- 15.🎵 Which word does “knock” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) clock (c) night (d) bell
- 16.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
- 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, guava, needle? (a) Nani Green Fly (b) Fly Green Nani (c) Green Nani Fly (d) Green Fly Nani
- 19.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pigs Lions Every (b) Every Lions Pigs Ants (c) Lions Every Pigs Ants (d) Lions Pigs Ants Every
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, pencil, glass, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGIB (b) BPGI (c) IGPB (d) PBGI
- 22.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 23.📅 The digits 06041979 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 060/419/79 (b) 06/04/1979 (c) 0604/19/79 (d) 06/0419/79
- 24.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 25.True or false: “make” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for doll, watch, shoe, violin is “Dance ___ Seven Vines”. Which word fills the gap? (a) All (b) Nine (c) Wins (d) Sing
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) three (b) bite (c) rock (d) fight
- 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) yellow (d) red
- 29.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 30.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bite (b) plane (c) ton (d) swing
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, rope, watch, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWGU (b) RUWG (c) GWRU (d) URWG
- 34.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every ___ Pink Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Yaks (c) Every (d) Love
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) lane (c) brain (d) main
- 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 4250463382. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 425 504 63382 (b) 425 064 3382 (c) 425 046 3382 (d) 250 463 382
Answer key
- Runs Silly Lazy Fly
- True
- DKGNV
- chunking
- 13/04/2018
- Nani Eight Silly Wins
- king
- 5510 8118 5404
- Nine Eight Seven Wet
- AKRW
- 20/04/1960
- 11/08/2021
- Only Up Tea
- the letters make no word
- clock
- adult
- an acronym
- Fly Green Nani
- green
- Every Lions Pigs Ants
- BPGI
- a rhyme
- 06/04/1979
- 5
- True
- Wins
- rock
- violet
- a list in a fixed order
- False
- 7
- swing
- URWG
- stem
- Love
- SWG
- a rhyme
- fight
- ECPC
- 425 046 3382
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