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.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
- 2.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
- 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
- 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a silly, funny one
- 7.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
- 9.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Vans Eight Mum Jolly Silly Uncle ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) Eight (c) Rani (d) Nani
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 174933534. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 174 933 354 (b) 174 933 534 (c) 174 335 34 (d) 117 493 3534
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ink Bakes Grab Yum Only ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Cats (c) Vines (d) Runs
- 13.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 14.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) wake (b) lake (c) white (d) block
- 16.📅 The digits 11021991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/219/91 (b) 11/02/1991 (c) 1102/19/91 (d) 11/0219/91
- 17.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 9807026885. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 980 072 6885 (b) 980 702 6885 (c) 980 702 685 (d) 980 770 26885
- 19.📅 The digits 23051951 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2305/19/51 (b) 230/519/51 (c) 23/05/1951 (d) 23/0519/51
- 20.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, spoon, jug, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSJD (b) DJSO (c) SOJD (d) SJDO
- 22.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 194 and 7
- 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eat ___ Play Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mum (b) Grab (c) Vans (d) Cats
- 25.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, drum, whistle? (a) Dad Wise Silly (b) Dad Silly Wise (c) Wise Dad Silly (d) Silly Dad Wise
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink All Eight (b) All Pink Lazy Eight (c) Eight Lazy Pink All (d) Lazy Eight Pink All
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 9800446818. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 980 044 681 (b) 980 046 4818 (c) 980 044 46818 (d) 980 044 6818
- 30.📅 The digits 05111994 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 051/119/94 (b) 05/11/1994 (c) 05/1119/94 (d) 0511/19/94
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 9129182617. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 919 218 2617 (b) 991 291 82617 (c) 912 918 217 (d) 912 918 2617
- 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
- 33.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) nothing at all (c) only pictures (d) only numbers
- 34.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) right (c) clear (d) known
- 36.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 39.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
- 40.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) sound patterns stick (b) they need no practice (c) they are always true (d) they are longer
Answer key
- stem
- initials match the list
- Neptune
- an acronym
- the rainbow colours
- a silly, funny one
- first letters as a word
- JFMA
- True
- Nani
- 174 933 534
- Runs
- 4
- the letters make no word
- block
- 11/02/1991
- Indian
- 980 702 6885
- 23/05/1951
- north
- OSJD
- 19 and 47
- a first-letter sentence
- Cats
- False
- white
- Silly Dad Wise
- Eight Lazy Pink All
- 980 044 6818
- 05/11/1994
- 912 918 2617
- Venus
- numbers and letter lists
- False
- true
- False
- MVEMJSUN
- a rhyme
- February
- sound patterns stick
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