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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Funny Rani (b) Funny Love Silly Rani (c) Rani Silly Love Funny (d) Silly Rani Love Funny
- 3.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Fly Jolly (c) Fly Mum Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Mum Aunty
- 5.📅 The digits 10102018 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1010/20/18 (b) 101/020/18 (c) 10/10/2018 (d) 10/1020/18
- 6.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) rain (d) night
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) free (b) white (c) ring (d) ton
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Silly Runs (b) Runs Silly Lazy Fly (c) Silly Lazy Fly Runs (d) Silly Runs Lazy Fly
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Inside Big Grab Yum Only Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Tea (c) Mice (d) Kids
- 10.📅 The digits 09092000 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 090/920/00 (b) 09/0920/00 (c) 09/09/2000 (d) 0909/20/00
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 4672927436. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 467 229 27436 (b) 467 292 7436 (c) 647 292 7436 (d) 467 227 436
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Every Seven Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Crazy (c) Tea (d) Dogs
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Frogs Red (b) Silly Red Love Frogs (c) Frogs Love Silly Red (d) Red Silly Love Frogs
- 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
- 15.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
- 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 18.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) a beat or a tune (c) writing it tiny (d) no rhythm at all
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Sing (b) Sing Wet Green (c) Wet Green Sing (d) Wet Sing Green
- 21.True or false: “spell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
- 23.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for urn, ice cream, candle, rose, whistle is “Up ___ Cook Runs Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Only (b) Ice (c) Kites (d) Grab
- 25.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) bell (d) cake
- 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) twice (c) fast (d) again
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mice Fly Jump (b) Fly Jump Mice All (c) Jump Fly Mice All (d) Fly Mice All Jump
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, inkpot, spoon? (a) Sing Inside Frogs (b) Inside Frogs Sing (c) Inside Sing Frogs (d) Frogs Inside Sing
- 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, inkpot, pillow, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IPNV (b) VIPN (c) IVPN (d) NPIV
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) make (b) spring (c) knee (d) bite
- 32.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
- 33.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, tomato, vase, needle, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TVNGW (b) WTVNG (c) TWVNG (d) GNVTW
- 35.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) sound patterns stick (c) they are longer (d) they need no practice
- 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) fast (c) free (d) long
- 37.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) backwards (c) in any order (d) in the same order
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, sock, coconut? (a) Frogs Sing Cook (b) Cook Sing Frogs (c) Sing Cook Frogs (d) Sing Frogs Cook
- 40.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) rain (d) cake
Answer key
- a memory trick
- Rani Silly Love Funny
- condensation
- Jolly Fly Mum Aunty
- 10/10/2018
- rain
- ton
- Runs Silly Lazy Fly
- Very
- 09/09/2000
- 467 292 7436
- Nine
- Red Silly Love Frogs
- south
- False
- a first-letter sentence
- a rhyme
- a beat or a tune
- VIBGYOR
- Sing Wet Green
- True
- Southern
- False
- Ice
- rain
- more
- Jump Fly Mice All
- Frogs Inside Sing
- an acronym
- VIPN
- knee
- splitting into groups
- False
- WTVNG
- sound patterns stick
- free
- 4
- in the same order
- Frogs Sing Cook
- night
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