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 does “light” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) night (d) tree
- 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) February (d) March
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Play Ants Ice Seven ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Sing (b) Play (c) Yaks (d) Ants
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “___ Lazy Pink Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Mum (c) Nani (d) Yum
- 6.🔤 “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
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, radio, cat, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCGA (b) GCRA (c) ARCG (d) RACG
- 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) swing (b) fight (c) ring (d) wing
- 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) knock (b) fun (c) rake (d) spring
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, umbrella, monkey? (a) Uncle Mice Cats (b) Mice Uncle Cats (c) Uncle Cats Mice (d) Cats Uncle Mice
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) tea (b) write (c) lane (d) white
- 12.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cook Eight (b) Eight Cook Play Crazy (c) Cook Eight Play Crazy (d) Cook Play Crazy Eight
- 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 15.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) means something to you (c) is very long (d) changes daily
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, whistle, pencil? (a) Wet Lions Pigs (b) Lions Wet Pigs (c) Pigs Wet Lions (d) Wet Pigs Lions
- 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, radio, bucket, kite, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RABKP (b) ARBKP (c) RBKPA (d) PKBRA
- 20.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
- 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) backwards (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 562102898. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 561 028 98 (b) 562 210 2898 (c) 561 202 898 (d) 562 102 898
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 8635016573. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 863 501 657 (b) 863 500 16573 (c) 863 501 6753 (d) 863 501 6573
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, flute, needle? (a) Nani Funny Tiny (b) Funny Tiny Nani (c) Funny Nani Tiny (d) Tiny Funny Nani
- 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 27.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a picture
- 28.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Neptune
- 30.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) saying it once quietly (c) writing it tiny (d) a beat or a tune
- 31.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
- 32.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) steps (b) songs (c) games (d) tricks
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, pencil, monkey, candle, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PJMCV (b) PMCVJ (c) JPMCV (d) VCMPJ
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, watch, nest, mango, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WUNMJ (b) JMNWU (c) WNMJU (d) UWNMJ
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for banana, frog, jug, inkpot is “___ Frogs Jump Inside”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Red (b) Young (c) Every (d) Bunny
- 38.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 39.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
- 40.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
Answer key
- night
- an acronym
- February
- Ants
- Eat
- stem
- ARCG
- fight
- fun
- Cats Uncle Mice
- tea
- a first-letter sentence
- Eight Cook Play Crazy
- a rhyme
- False
- means something to you
- Lions Wet Pigs
- a rhyme
- ARBKP
- first letters as a word
- JFMA
- in the same order
- 562 102 898
- 863 501 6573
- Tiny Funny Nani
- an acronym
- a list in a fixed order
- a rhyme
- Neptune
- a beat or a tune
- saffron
- False
- tricks
- JPMCV
- UWNMJ
- PAISA
- Bunny
- 3
- collection
- chunking
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