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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
- 2.🎵 Which word does “thing” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) cake (d) sun
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eat Sing Wet (b) Eat Sing Wet Neat (c) Eat Neat Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Eat Neat
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Eight (b) Eight Crazy Pigs Cats (c) Crazy Eight Pigs Cats (d) Crazy Pigs Cats Eight
- 5.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they are longer (c) sound patterns stick (d) they need no practice
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, jalebi, cat, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FJCI (b) JFCI (c) ICJF (d) JCIF
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Every ___ Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Fly (c) Rani (d) Sing
- 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
- 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Pigs Ants (b) Eight Love Pigs Ants (c) Ants Pigs Love Eight (d) Love Pigs Ants Eight
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
- 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) sock (b) smell (c) sea (d) fight
- 14.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) red (d) indigo
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, rope, vase? (a) Runs Very Kids (b) Very Runs Kids (c) Runs Kids Very (d) Kids Runs Very
- 17.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
- 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) true (c) known (d) clear
- 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, glass, vase? (a) Runs Goats Very (b) Goats Runs Very (c) Goats Very Runs (d) Very Goats Runs
- 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) lane (c) main (d) train
- 22.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 490048000. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 490 048 00 (b) 490 084 000 (c) 490 004 8000 (d) 490 048 000
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, watch, banana, cat, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBCDM (b) DCBWM (c) WMBCD (d) MWBCD
- 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) chain (c) cane (d) light
- 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
- 28.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) fight (b) shake (c) block (d) ring
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, lemon, banana? (a) Bakes Love Dogs (b) Love Dogs Bakes (c) Dogs Love Bakes (d) Love Bakes Dogs
- 31.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
- 33.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 7161859502. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 711 685 9502 (b) 711 618 59502 (c) 161 859 502 (d) 716 185 9502
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 247966214. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 247 662 14 (b) 274 966 214 (c) 247 966 6214 (d) 247 966 214
- 36.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
- 39.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.📅 The digits 19071978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 190/719/78 (b) 19/07/1978 (c) 19/0719/78 (d) 1907/19/78
Answer key
- one word holds a list
- king
- Neat Eat Sing Wet
- Eight Crazy Pigs Cats
- sound patterns stick
- FJCI
- Sing
- a rhyme
- a list in a fixed order
- chunking
- Eight Love Pigs Ants
- JFMA
- smell
- 9
- red
- Kids Runs Very
- the rainbow colours
- true
- January
- Runs Goats Very
- ton
- initials match the list
- 490 048 000
- MWBCD
- False
- light
- first letters as a word
- a rhyme
- fight
- Dogs Love Bakes
- False
- a silly, funny one
- 19 and 47
- 716 185 9502
- 247 966 214
- splitting into groups
- chunking
- SWG
- True
- 19/07/1978
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