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 list to learn, in order: rope, umpire, goat, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RUGV (b) URGV (c) VGUR (d) UGVR
- 2.🎵 Which word does “string” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) tree (d) bell
- 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, rope, jeep, pillow, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RAJPF (b) RJPFA (c) ARJPF (d) FPJRA
- 4.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) night (d) king
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, apple, tomato, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTAN (b) ATCN (c) ANTC (d) NATC
- 7.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 8.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) changes daily (c) is very long (d) means something to you
- 9.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) numbers and letter lists
- 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 7681508928. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 768 150 8928 (b) 678 150 8928 (c) 768 115 08928 (d) 768 508 928
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) ring (c) swing (d) cane
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) knock (b) thing (c) rake (d) tell
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, watch, lamp, needle, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SWLNJ (b) WSLNJ (c) WLNJS (d) JNLWS
- 17.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) true (c) clear (d) right
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Red ___ Lazy Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wise (b) Ink (c) Goats (d) Sing
- 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 311852529547. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3311 8525 29547 (b) 1185 2529 547 (c) 3118 5252 9547 (d) 3118 5225 9547
- 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 23.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) backwards
- 25.📅 The digits 22031968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 22/03/1968 (b) 2203/19/68 (c) 22/0319/68 (d) 220/319/68
- 26.📅 The digits 19021965 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/0219/65 (b) 19/02/1965 (c) 190/219/65 (d) 1902/19/65
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My All Jump (b) All My Funny Jump (c) Funny Jump My All (d) Jump Funny My All
- 28.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, tomato, lemon? (a) Love Toys My (b) Toys My Love (c) My Toys Love (d) Toys Love My
- 30.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pillow, jeep, tent, watch is “___ Jeeps Tea Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vines (b) Bunny (c) Seven (d) Pink
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, rope, jalebi, duck, glass is “___ Rani Jump Dad Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Young (b) Lazy (c) Bakes (d) Rani
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 34.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for mango, flute, jeep, glass is “Mice Fly Jolly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Big (c) Green (d) Yum
- 36.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) sound patterns stick (c) they are longer (d) they are always true
- 37.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) nothing else
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) main (b) cane (c) key (d) bright
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) wake (c) make (d) kite
- 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) twice (c) again (d) fast
Answer key
- RUGV
- king
- ARJPF
- bell
- MVEMJSUN
- NATC
- an acronym
- means something to you
- numbers and letter lists
- a first-letter sentence
- False
- 5
- 768 150 8928
- cane
- knock
- SWLNJ
- True
- true
- Sing
- the letters make no word
- 3118 5252 9547
- a rhyme
- 5
- in the same order
- 22/03/1968
- 19/02/1965
- Jump Funny My All
- a first-letter sentence
- My Toys Love
- initials match the list
- Pink
- Bakes
- an acronym
- a list in a fixed order
- Green
- sound patterns stick
- what each letter means
- bright
- kite
- more
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