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.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, ant, goat, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGIV (b) VAGI (c) AVGI (d) IGAV
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, tent, needle, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TNRG (b) RNTG (c) TGNR (d) GTNR
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, radio, watch, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWCN (b) CWRN (c) NRWC (d) RNWC
- 6.True or false: “key” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tiger, candle, urn, jug, duck is “Tea Cats ___ Jeeps Dogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Toys (b) Runs (c) Goats (d) Up
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, guava, inkpot? (a) Green Inside Red (b) Inside Green Red (c) Green Red Inside (d) Red Green Inside
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, vase, needle, doll, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDNVF (b) VFNDL (c) FVNDL (d) VNDLF
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eight ___ Pigs Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Lazy (c) Dance (d) Nani
- 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern
- 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 14.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
- 15.🔤 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
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) chain (b) train (c) plane (d) three
- 17.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection
- 18.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) has no pattern (c) changes daily (d) is very long
- 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, jug, owl, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJOW (b) WOJD (c) JDOW (d) JOWD
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 622969589676. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6222 9695 89676 (b) 6229 6958 9676 (c) 6296 9589 676 (d) 6229 6958 9667
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump Mum All (b) Frogs Mum All Jump (c) Jump Frogs Mum All (d) All Mum Frogs Jump
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Funny Mum Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wet (b) Jolly (c) Cook (d) Pigs
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, goat, mango? (a) Goats Play My (b) Play Goats My (c) Goats My Play (d) My Goats Play
- 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ice cream, onion, drum, mango, ant is “Ice ___ Dance Mum All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Sing (b) Dad (c) Goats (d) Owls
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, tent, van, kettle is “___ Tiny Vans Kids”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Toys (b) Wise (c) Love (d) Crazy
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, vase, jeep? (a) Dogs Vans Jolly (b) Vans Jolly Dogs (c) Vans Dogs Jolly (d) Jolly Vans Dogs
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) bite (b) sing (c) knock (d) wake
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) rock (b) free (c) snake (d) done
- 30.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is a smaller number (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is printed bigger
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum Ants Jolly (b) Ants Mum Frogs Jolly (c) Frogs Jolly Mum Ants (d) Jolly Frogs Mum Ants
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, needle, rope, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGRU (b) NRUG (c) GNRU (d) URNG
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 812300739. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 823 007 39 (b) 812 300 379 (c) 812 300 739 (d) 811 230 0739
- 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 35.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
- 37.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) cake (d) king
- 38.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
- 39.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
Answer key
- first letters as a word
- VAGI
- MVEMJSUN
- GTNR
- NRWC
- True
- Up
- Red Green Inside
- FVNDL
- Lazy
- chunking
- Atlantic
- an acronym
- one word holds a list
- NESW
- three
- condensation
- means something to you
- the rainbow colours
- DJOW
- 6229 6958 9676
- Jump Frogs Mum All
- Jolly
- Play Goats My
- Owls
- Crazy
- Dogs Vans Jolly
- knock
- rock
- three chunks, not ten
- Jolly Frogs Mum Ants
- GNRU
- 812 300 739
- a rhyme
- 9
- indigo
- tree
- flower
- initials match the list
- ELPA
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