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.🎵 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
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) lake (b) chain (c) one (d) bite
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) well (b) won (c) lake (d) string
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 368092146453. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3680 9214 6453 (b) 6809 2146 453 (c) 3688 0921 46453 (d) 3680 9241 6453
- 6.📅 The digits 14052003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 140/520/03 (b) 1405/20/03 (c) 14/0520/03 (d) 14/05/2003
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Sing Wet (b) Wet Sing Eat Nani (c) Eat Sing Wet Nani (d) Nani Eat Sing Wet
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, tiger, rose? (a) Toys Dogs Red (b) Toys Red Dogs (c) Red Toys Dogs (d) Dogs Toys Red
- 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) again (c) fast (d) twice
- 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) fun (b) bun (c) white (d) shake
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) bun (b) tea (c) string (d) shake
- 12.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Every Silly Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Under (c) Neat (d) Sing
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, ball, duck? (a) Bunny Wise Dogs (b) Dogs Bunny Wise (c) Bunny Dogs Wise (d) Wise Bunny Dogs
- 15.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, lemon, rose, mirror, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CLRMJ (b) JMRLC (c) LCRMJ (d) LRMJC
- 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Saturn
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Love Pigs All (b) All Pigs Love Eat (c) Love Pigs All Eat (d) Love Eat Pigs All
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Every Silly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Wise (c) Cook (d) Kind
- 20.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, monkey, drum, tomato, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMDTW (b) MSDTW (c) WTDMS (d) MDTWS
- 22.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
- 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
- 25.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 3495892060. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 495 892 060 (b) 349 589 2060 (c) 345 989 2060 (d) 349 589 20600
- 27.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 28.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) means something to you (d) has no pattern
- 29.🎵 Which word does “write” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) tree (c) night (d) rain
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) clear (c) true (d) right
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, tomato, lamp, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLTP (b) TLJP (c) PTLJ (d) TPLJ
- 32.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) light (b) string (c) sing (d) spring
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) run (c) smell (d) shell
- 36.📅 The digits 09061987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0906/19/87 (b) 09/06/1987 (c) 09/0619/87 (d) 090/619/87
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) smell (b) bun (c) knee (d) tea
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) shake (b) cane (c) knock (d) string
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for candle, tiger, umpire, pencil is “Crazy ___ Under Play”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Dogs (c) Tea (d) Cook
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lions Fly Rani (b) Fly Lions Silly Rani (c) Silly Rani Lions Fly (d) Rani Silly Lions Fly
Answer key
- say it aloud often
- chain
- an acronym
- won
- 3680 9214 6453
- 14/05/2003
- Nani Eat Sing Wet
- Dogs Toys Red
- more
- shake
- bun
- the letters make no word
- Neat
- Wise Bunny Dogs
- True
- CLRMJ
- Uranus
- Eat Love Pigs All
- Wise
- first letters as a word
- SMDTW
- 5
- SWG
- VIBGYOR
- west
- 349 589 2060
- a list in a fixed order
- means something to you
- night
- true
- PTLJ
- True
- an acronym
- light
- run
- 09/06/1987
- smell
- string
- Tea
- Rani Silly Lions Fly
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