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 word rhymes with “bell”? (a) done (b) tell (c) rock (d) ton
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jeeps Mum All (b) All Mum Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Mum All Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly Mum All
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
- 4.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 5.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 6.📅 The digits 05011954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/0119/54 (b) 0501/19/54 (c) 05/01/1954 (d) 050/119/54
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 291587151219. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2915 8711 5219 (b) 2915 8715 12119 (c) 2915 8151 219 (d) 2915 8715 1219
- 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) spring (c) ring (d) sing
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Seven Wet (b) Nani Every Seven Wet (c) Every Seven Wet Nani (d) Wet Seven Every Nani
- 10.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Eight Sing Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Cats (c) Goats (d) Nani
- 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Southern
- 13.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a rhyme about cats
- 14.📅 The digits 27062015 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 270/620/15 (b) 2706/20/15 (c) 27/0620/15 (d) 27/06/2015
- 15.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
- 16.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) clock (d) night
- 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 18.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, kettle, sock? (a) Kites Wise Seven (b) Wise Kites Seven (c) Seven Kites Wise (d) Kites Seven Wise
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, mango, flute, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFUR (b) RMFU (c) MRFU (d) UFMR
- 21.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
- 22.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 23.📅 The digits 02012009 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/01/2009 (b) 02/0120/09 (c) 020/120/09 (d) 0201/20/09
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, umpire, van, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCVO (b) UVOC (c) CUVO (d) OVUC
- 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 135135735773. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1531 3573 5773 (b) 1351 3573 55773 (c) 1351 3573 773 (d) 1351 3573 5773
- 27.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 28.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) night (c) tree (d) rain
- 29.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) numbers and letter lists (c) nothing at all (d) only numbers
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) main (b) train (c) lane (d) shake
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, flute, glass? (a) Funny Grab Dance (b) Dance Funny Grab (c) Funny Dance Grab (d) Grab Funny Dance
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Vans Every ___ Jolly Seven Uncle Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Bakes (c) Mice (d) Aunty
- 33.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat (c) Eat Crazy Pigs Cats (d) Crazy Eat Pigs Cats
- 35.📅 The digits 26082018 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2608/20/18 (b) 260/820/18 (c) 26/08/2018 (d) 26/0820/18
- 36.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
- 37.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Green (b) Green Wise Sing (c) Sing Wise Green (d) Wise Green Sing
- 39.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Every Neat (b) Neat Every Silly Wins (c) Every Neat Silly Wins (d) Every Silly Wins Neat
Answer key
- tell
- Jeeps Fly Mum All
- NESW
- 2
- 6
- 05/01/1954
- 2915 8715 1219
- well
- Nani Every Seven Wet
- 5
- Nani
- Indian
- initials match the list
- 27/06/2015
- a rhyme
- rain
- a list in a fixed order
- one word holds a list
- Wise Kites Seven
- RMFU
- what each letter means
- False
- 02/01/2009
- CUVO
- a rhyme
- 1351 3573 5773
- 3
- rain
- numbers and letter lists
- shake
- Dance Funny Grab
- Mice
- the letters make no word
- Eat Crazy Pigs Cats
- 26/08/2018
- first letters as a word
- True
- Sing Wise Green
- leaf
- Neat Every Silly Wins
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