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.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, monkey, pillow, tomato, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPTBU (b) MUPTB (c) BTPMU (d) UMPTB
- 3.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Love Eat (b) Love Pink Aunty Eat (c) Eat Love Pink Aunty (d) Love Eat Pink Aunty
- 5.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, drum, owl? (a) Only Dad Frogs (b) Dad Frogs Only (c) Frogs Dad Only (d) Dad Only Frogs
- 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 9.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 10.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) sun (d) clock
- 11.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) they are longer (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are always true
- 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
- 13.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 14.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for candle, drum, rose, van is “Crazy ___ Red Vines”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Grab (c) Jolly (d) Dance
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 4028541385. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 028 541 385 (b) 400 285 41385 (c) 402 854 1385 (d) 402 854 1835
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 4886795062. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 488 679 506 (b) 488 667 95062 (c) 488 697 5062 (d) 488 679 5062
- 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lazy Eight (b) Eight Lazy Play Aunty (c) Lazy Eight Play Aunty (d) Lazy Play Aunty Eight
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Sing Eight Neat (b) Eight Neat Sing Wins (c) Eight Sing Wins Neat (d) Neat Eight Sing Wins
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wet Nani (b) Every Nani Silly Wet (c) Wet Silly Every Nani (d) Nani Every Silly Wet
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, orange, kettle, mirror, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UOKMR (b) OUKMR (c) RMKOU (d) OKMRU
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eight Lions Pink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) Bakes (c) Ants (d) Green
- 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) won (c) bake (d) lake
- 25.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) learn (c) know (d) say
- 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “tea” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 30.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a rhyme about cats
- 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 9972660725. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 997 266 0752 (b) 997 266 075 (c) 997 266 0725 (d) 997 266 60725
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) rock (c) lock (d) knock
- 34.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
- 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 776107645. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 767 107 645 (b) 776 610 7645 (c) 776 107 645 (d) 776 107 65
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wise Nine (b) Every Nine Silly Wise (c) Nine Every Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Every Nine
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, watch, tiger? (a) Tea Wet Bakes (b) Wet Tea Bakes (c) Bakes Wet Tea (d) Wet Bakes Tea
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vans Eat ___ Jeeps Seven Up Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Crazy (c) Mice (d) Frogs
- 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) more (c) twice (d) fast
Answer key
- False
- UMPTB
- False
- Eat Love Pink Aunty
- 2
- ECPC
- Frogs Dad Only
- an acronym
- splitting into groups
- clock
- sound patterns stick
- first letters as a word
- 4
- an acronym
- Dance
- 402 854 1385
- 488 679 5062
- a rhyme
- Eight Lazy Play Aunty
- Neat Eight Sing Wins
- Nani Every Silly Wet
- UOKMR
- Ants
- won
- True
- know
- True
- False
- False
- initials match the list
- False
- 997 266 0725
- snake
- a first-letter sentence
- the rainbow colours
- 776 107 645
- Nine Every Silly Wise
- Bakes Wet Tea
- Mice
- more
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