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.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
- 2.✏️ 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
- 3.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pigs Aunty Ink Silly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Rani (c) Wet (d) Ants
- 5.📅 The digits 08061994 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0806/19/94 (b) 080/619/94 (c) 08/0619/94 (d) 08/06/1994
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Sing (b) Wise Goats Sing (c) Wise Sing Goats (d) Sing Wise Goats
- 7.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
- 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Silly Love Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Up (b) Yaks (c) Dad (d) Runs
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
- 10.📅 The digits 04072013 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/0720/13 (b) 0407/20/13 (c) 04/07/2013 (d) 040/720/13
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, lamp, ant? (a) Ants Lions Sing (b) Lions Ants Sing (c) Sing Lions Ants (d) Lions Sing Ants
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, igloo, violin? (a) Vines Ice Mice (b) Ice Mice Vines (c) Ice Vines Mice (d) Mice Ice Vines
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fun (b) fight (c) write (d) kite
- 14.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 15.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Indian
- 16.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for goat, rope, tent, inkpot is “___ Red Tiny Ice”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) My (c) Ants (d) Inside
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 223391536. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 223 391 36 (b) 223 391 536 (c) 223 399 1536 (d) 223 319 536
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 718061721182. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7108 6172 1182 (b) 7180 6172 1182 (c) 7180 1721 182 (d) 7180 0617 21182
- 20.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) cake (d) night
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, guava, jug, sock, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASJGD (b) GDJSA (c) GJSAD (d) DGJSA
- 22.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) means something to you (d) has no pattern
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Every Seven Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Neat (c) My (d) Wins
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, rope, lemon, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLRW (b) RWLN (c) RLNW (d) WRLN
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
- 26.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wise Nani (b) Nani Every Seven Wise (c) Every Nani Seven Wise (d) Wise Seven Every Nani
- 29.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, sock, violin? (a) Seven Aunty Very (b) Aunty Seven Very (c) Very Seven Aunty (d) Seven Very Aunty
- 32.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) king (b) bell (c) sun (d) rain
- 33.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) North America (c) Europe (d) Africa
- 34.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
- 35.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) sun (d) cake
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, rose, parrot, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KRPD (b) RPDK (c) RKPD (d) DPRK
- 37.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) North America
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jeeps ___ Mice Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Neat (b) Sing (c) Inside (d) Frogs
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, pencil, ice cream, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PIJB (b) PBIJ (c) JIPB (d) BPIJ
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) free (c) tea (d) ton
Answer key
- flower
- a silly, funny one
- 6
- Ants
- 08/06/1994
- Sing Wise Goats
- one word holds a list
- Runs
- ELPA
- 04/07/2013
- Sing Lions Ants
- Mice Ice Vines
- fun
- 7
- Pacific
- stem
- Grab
- 223 391 536
- 7180 6172 1182
- cake
- DGJSA
- means something to you
- Neat
- WRLN
- NESW
- False
- True
- Nani Every Seven Wise
- False
- white
- Aunty Seven Very
- sun
- Africa
- 19 and 47
- night
- KRPD
- Australia
- Frogs
- BPIJ
- ton
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