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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
- 2.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cats Eat (b) Cook Eat Pigs Cats (c) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (d) Eat Cook Pigs Cats
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 366328204345. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6363 2820 4345 (b) 3663 2820 43445 (c) 3663 2820 4345 (d) 3663 2824 345
- 5.True or false: “swing” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, doll, fan, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDFG (b) DFGV (c) DVFG (d) GFDV
- 7.📅 The digits 26011952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2601/19/52 (b) 26/0119/52 (c) 26/01/1952 (d) 260/119/52
- 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
- 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) tea (b) run (c) sell (d) wake
- 11.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 13.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
- 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, doll, monkey, frog, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUMFL (b) LFMDU (c) UDMFL (d) DMFLU
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) rock (b) knee (c) plane (d) bite
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) chain (b) fight (c) train (d) main
- 17.📅 The digits 01121961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/1219/61 (b) 01/12/1961 (c) 011/219/61 (d) 0112/19/61
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) sing (b) bake (c) spring (d) kite
- 19.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 20.📅 The digits 17111980 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 17/11/1980 (b) 1711/19/80 (c) 171/119/80 (d) 17/1119/80
- 21.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) night (d) bell
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
- 23.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
- 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) sell (b) fight (c) run (d) brain
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) three (b) knock (c) white (d) lane
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, fan, umpire, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUFI (b) FUTI (c) FIUT (d) IFUT
- 27.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, cat, lamp? (a) Lions Crazy Up (b) Up Crazy Lions (c) Crazy Lions Up (d) Crazy Up Lions
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) snake (b) fun (c) ton (d) three
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, guava, lemon, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SGLK (b) GSLK (c) GLKS (d) KLGS
- 31.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) rain (d) tree
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, lamp, parrot? (a) Lions Pink Up (b) Lions Up Pink (c) Up Lions Pink (d) Pink Lions Up
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) bee (b) lake (c) well (d) shell
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, orange, glass, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGNL (b) NGOL (c) LOGN (d) OLGN
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, inkpot, drum, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGDA (b) IDAG (c) GIDA (d) ADIG
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani Eat ___ Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Seven (c) Frogs (d) Aunty
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kettle, candle, apple, lemon is “Kites Cats ___ Lions”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Up (b) Green (c) Pink (d) Aunty
- 39.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) white (c) kite (d) write
Answer key
- MVEMJSUN
- one word holds a list
- Eat Cook Pigs Cats
- 3663 2820 4345
- False
- VDFG
- 26/01/1952
- a rhyme
- a memory trick
- run
- 4
- a rhyme
- initials match the list
- UDMFL
- plane
- fight
- 01/12/1961
- bake
- False
- 17/11/1980
- sun
- a silly, funny one
- Arctic
- brain
- white
- IFUT
- adult
- Up Crazy Lions
- three
- SGLK
- rain
- Up Lions Pink
- chunking
- bee
- LOGN
- GIDA
- Seven
- Aunty
- saffron
- sock
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