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: “knee” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only numbers (c) only pictures (d) nothing at all
- 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, lemon, fan, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRFG (b) RLFG (c) GFLR (d) LFGR
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
- 5.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
- 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
- 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Every ___ Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Every (c) Inside (d) Kind
- 9.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, monkey, umpire, van, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SVUMC (b) MUVSC (c) CMUVS (d) MCUVS
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Rani Silly Lazy ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Frogs (c) Lions (d) Yaks
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
- 13.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) over (c) done (d) learnt
- 14.True or false: “train” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 443277143. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 443 277 1433 (b) 443 277 143 (c) 443 771 43 (d) 443 277 134
- 19.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) means something to you (d) has no pattern
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) won (c) three (d) done
- 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 215965584. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 215 956 584 (b) 215 965 5584 (c) 215 965 584 (d) 215 965 54
- 23.📅 The digits 16072000 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 16/0720/00 (b) 16/07/2000 (c) 160/720/00 (d) 1607/20/00
- 24.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
- 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 26.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
- 28.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
- 29.True or false: “won” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, parrot, vase? (a) Very Pink Jeeps (b) Pink Jeeps Very (c) Pink Very Jeeps (d) Jeeps Pink Very
- 31.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, needle, kettle? (a) Nine Kind Very (b) Kind Nine Very (c) Nine Very Kind (d) Very Nine Kind
- 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 716020216543. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7160 2021 5643 (b) 7160 2021 66543 (c) 7160 2021 6543 (d) 1602 0216 543
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, frog, candle, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGCV (b) FCVG (c) GFCV (d) VCFG
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shock (b) lock (c) light (d) rock
- 37.📅 The digits 03062007 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0306/20/07 (b) 03/0620/07 (c) 03/06/2007 (d) 030/620/07
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Play Cook (b) Crazy Every Play Cook (c) Crazy Play Cook Every (d) Cook Play Crazy Every
- 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
- 40.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
Answer key
- False
- numbers and letter lists
- RLFG
- SWG
- 5
- in the same order
- a memory trick
- Seven
- initials match the list
- CMUVS
- Frogs
- NESW
- done
- False
- False
- a rhyme
- JFMA
- 443 277 143
- means something to you
- three
- one word holds a list
- 215 965 584
- 16/07/2000
- first letters as a word
- a first-letter sentence
- 7
- AANSAEA
- the letters make no word
- False
- Jeeps Pink Very
- three chunks, not ten
- Very Nine Kind
- ELPA
- 7160 2021 6543
- GFCV
- light
- 03/06/2007
- Every Crazy Play Cook
- PAISA
- 5
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