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 acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
- 3.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) king (b) bell (c) night (d) cake
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, guava, sock? (a) Sing Grab Old (b) Grab Old Sing (c) Old Grab Sing (d) Grab Sing Old
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every Love ___ Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) Toys (c) Yum (d) Play
- 6.🔢 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
- 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) learnt (c) over (d) done
- 8.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) say it aloud often (c) never say it (d) change it each day
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) GWS
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Runs Seven ___ Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) All (c) Runs (d) Lions
- 11.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 12.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) rain (d) sun
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
- 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Australia (c) South America (d) Africa
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) APLE
- 16.📅 The digits 05102021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/1020/21 (b) 051/020/21 (c) 0510/20/21 (d) 05/10/2021
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eat Seven Wise (b) Eat Seven Wise Nani (c) Eat Nani Seven Wise (d) Wise Seven Eat Nani
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 112138644. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 112 186 44 (b) 121 138 644 (c) 112 138 644 (d) 112 113 8644
- 19.📅 The digits 11081995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/08/1995 (b) 1108/19/95 (c) 110/819/95 (d) 11/0819/95
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, mango, parrot? (a) Pigs Mum Tiny (b) Tiny Mum Pigs (c) Mum Pigs Tiny (d) Mum Tiny Pigs
- 21.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Silly Wins (b) Wins Silly Every Nani (c) Nani Every Silly Wins (d) Every Silly Wins Nani
- 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, coconut, inkpot? (a) Ink Crazy Old (b) Crazy Old Ink (c) Crazy Ink Old (d) Old Crazy Ink
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) kite (b) lock (c) train (d) swing
- 26.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
- 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 28.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
- 29.✏️ 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
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
- 31.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only pictures (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 34.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 35.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
- 36.📅 The digits 24041970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 240/419/70 (b) 24/0419/70 (c) 24/04/1970 (d) 2404/19/70
- 37.📅 The digits 09081996 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0908/19/96 (b) 090/819/96 (c) 09/0819/96 (d) 09/08/1996
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for goat, ladder, duck, urn is “Grab Love ___ Under”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Red (c) Dance (d) Cats
- 39.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for spoon, jeep, kite, igloo, owl is “Seven Jump Kids Ice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Owls (b) Kites (c) Funny (d) Wins
Answer key
- PAISA
- JFMA
- night
- Old Grab Sing
- Play
- 19 and 47
- done
- say it aloud often
- SWG
- Lions
- 3
- sun
- AANSAEA
- Australia
- ELPA
- 05/10/2021
- Nani Eat Seven Wise
- 112 138 644
- 11/08/1995
- Tiny Mum Pigs
- the letters make no word
- Nani Every Silly Wins
- VIBGYOR
- Old Crazy Ink
- swing
- splitting into groups
- a rhyme
- what each letter means
- a silly, funny one
- ECPC
- True
- numbers and letter lists
- a first-letter sentence
- initials match the list
- first letters as a word
- 24/04/1970
- 09/08/1996
- Dance
- 4
- Owls
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