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.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) steps (b) tricks (c) songs (d) games
- 2.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, drum, net? (a) Dance Pink Neat (b) Pink Dance Neat (c) Dance Neat Pink (d) Neat Dance Pink
- 4.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 5.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
- 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, flute, ladder? (a) Love Funny Nine (b) Funny Love Nine (c) Nine Funny Love (d) Funny Nine Love
- 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, net, jug, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNJK (b) KJNW (c) NWJK (d) NJKW
- 11.📅 The digits 16081975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1608/19/75 (b) 160/819/75 (c) 16/0819/75 (d) 16/08/1975
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eat Crazy Pink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) All (c) Young (d) Dogs
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) key (b) thing (c) string (d) ring
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) white (b) spell (c) run (d) ton
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 470816921. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 470 816 9921 (b) 407 816 921 (c) 408 169 21 (d) 470 816 921
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, ice cream, jalebi, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKJS (b) KIJS (c) IJSK (d) SJIK
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Play All (b) Eight Lazy Play All (c) Lazy Play All Eight (d) All Play Lazy Eight
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, flute, igloo? (a) Funny Inside Very (b) Inside Funny Very (c) Very Funny Inside (d) Funny Very Inside
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) make (b) one (c) bun (d) fun
- 20.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
- 21.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) king (c) clock (d) rain
- 22.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, sock, mango? (a) My Sing Wet (b) Sing Wet My (c) Wet Sing My (d) Sing My Wet
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 228446305. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 228 446 305 (b) 284 463 05 (c) 228 443 605 (d) 228 844 6305
- 26.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) never say it (c) change it each day (d) say it aloud often
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vans Every Mice Jeeps Sing Up ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) All (c) Nine (d) Play
- 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
- 29.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wins Neat (b) Every Neat Seven Wins (c) Neat Every Seven Wins (d) Wins Seven Every Neat
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, bucket, nest? (a) Bakes Frogs Neat (b) Frogs Bakes Neat (c) Bakes Neat Frogs (d) Neat Bakes Frogs
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, inkpot, mango? (a) Ice Mice Vines (b) Mice Ice Vines (c) Vines Ice Mice (d) Ice Vines Mice
- 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
- 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for lemon, van, tomato, mirror is “Lazy Vans ___ Mice”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Pink (c) Cook (d) Tiny
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) bright (b) bee (c) run (d) snake
- 37.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 642261112087. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6422 6111 22087 (b) 6422 6111 2087 (c) 6422 6112 087 (d) 6426 2111 2087
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Sing Wins (b) Nani Eat Sing Wins (c) Eat Sing Wins Nani (d) Wins Sing Eat Nani
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
Answer key
- tricks
- one word holds a list
- Pink Dance Neat
- 4
- False
- a memory trick
- what each letter means
- Nine Funny Love
- an acronym
- WNJK
- 16/08/1975
- Cook
- key
- spell
- 470 816 921
- KIJS
- Eight Lazy Play All
- Very Funny Inside
- make
- the letters make no word
- tree
- True
- in the same order
- Wet Sing My
- 228 446 305
- say it aloud often
- Nine
- AANSAEA
- means something to you
- Neat Every Seven Wins
- Frogs Bakes Neat
- Vines Ice Mice
- NESW
- an acronym
- Tiny
- bright
- splitting into groups
- 6422 6111 2087
- Nani Eat Sing Wins
- SWG
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