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 chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) means something to you (c) is very long (d) changes daily
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) snake (b) spell (c) bun (d) sock
- 3.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
- 4.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
- 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) write (b) bright (c) rock (d) light
- 6.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) clock (c) cake (d) king
- 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, ice cream, pillow? (a) Ice Pigs Dance (b) Ice Dance Pigs (c) Dance Ice Pigs (d) Pigs Ice Dance
- 9.🔤 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
- 10.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) a beat or a tune (c) saying it once quietly (d) writing it tiny
- 11.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Seven Lions Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Nani (c) Jolly (d) Runs
- 13.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
- 14.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, pencil, kettle, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKMW (b) WPKM (c) MKPW (d) PWKM
- 16.📅 The digits 07032007 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/03/2007 (b) 07/0320/07 (c) 0703/20/07 (d) 070/320/07
- 17.🎵 Which word does “snake” rhyme with? (a) night (b) king (c) cake (d) bell
- 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, urn, nest, tent, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUNTI (b) ITNUV (c) UVNTI (d) UNTIV
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 3930291621. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 393 029 1261 (b) 393 029 16221 (c) 393 021 621 (d) 393 029 1621
- 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) indigo (d) green
- 21.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 22.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📅 The digits 09072003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 090/720/03 (b) 09/07/2003 (c) 0907/20/03 (d) 09/0720/03
- 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) free (c) cold (d) long
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) won (b) bake (c) rock (d) kite
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
- 27.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
- 29.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 30.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for fan, key, ball, watch is “Frogs ___ Bunny Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Kids (c) Lazy (d) Aunty
- 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 34.📅 The digits 15081961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/0819/61 (b) 1508/19/61 (c) 150/819/61 (d) 15/08/1961
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
- 36.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 37.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 229523860. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 229 253 860 (b) 229 523 86 (c) 229 523 3860 (d) 229 523 860
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Silly Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Silly Rani (c) Silly Rani Lazy Fly (d) Silly Lazy Fly Rani
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, inkpot, radio, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGRM (b) MRIG (c) GIRM (d) IRMG
Answer key
- means something to you
- sock
- splitting into groups
- Jupiter
- rock
- cake
- a first-letter sentence
- Dance Ice Pigs
- NESW
- a beat or a tune
- the letters make no word
- Runs
- 19 and 47
- True
- WPKM
- 07/03/2007
- cake
- VUNTI
- 393 029 1621
- green
- saffron
- True
- 09/07/2003
- free
- bake
- a silly, funny one
- False
- red
- 9
- True
- the rainbow colours
- Kids
- a rhyme
- 15/08/1961
- AANSAEA
- what each letter means
- True
- 229 523 860
- Rani Silly Lazy Fly
- GIRM
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