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 kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a very long one (c) one with no picture (d) a dull, plain one
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Play ___ Ice Seven Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Uncle (c) Bakes (d) All
- 5.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink All Every (b) Lazy Every Pink All (c) Every Lazy Pink All (d) All Pink Lazy Every
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 8.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) rain (d) tree
- 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) more (c) fast (d) twice
- 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Red Seven ___ Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Every (c) Lions (d) Fly
- 13.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 19 and 47
- 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) planet (c) world (d) star
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 4070157019. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 400 701 57019 (b) 407 157 019 (c) 407 051 7019 (d) 407 015 7019
- 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) bite (b) shell (c) tea (d) bun
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly Funny ___ Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Rani (c) Fly (d) Mum
- 18.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, needle, ice cream, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NIOD (b) NDIO (c) OIND (d) DNIO
- 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
- 21.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 22.📅 The digits 13061956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/06/1956 (b) 13/0619/56 (c) 130/619/56 (d) 1306/19/56
- 23.📅 The digits 10012007 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/0120/07 (b) 100/120/07 (c) 1001/20/07 (d) 10/01/2007
- 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) known (c) true (d) clear
- 25.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 548566783. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 548 566 78 (b) 548 566 783 (c) 548 566 7883 (d) 548 656 783
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 877139025107. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8771 1390 25107 (b) 7871 3902 5107 (c) 8713 9025 107 (d) 8771 3902 5107
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) knock (b) rake (c) bite (d) ton
- 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ball, tomato, lemon, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLTBW (b) BTLKW (c) BWTLK (d) WBTLK
- 30.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) change it each day (c) say it aloud often (d) never say it
- 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Indian
- 32.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
- 33.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, banana, anchor? (a) Bakes Old All (b) Old Bakes All (c) All Bakes Old (d) Bakes All Old
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, orange, doll? (a) Goats Owls Dance (b) Owls Dance Goats (c) Dance Owls Goats (d) Owls Goats Dance
- 36.🔤 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
- 37.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cook Eight (b) Cats Eight Play Cook (c) Cook Play Cats Eight (d) Eight Cats Play Cook
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
Answer key
- a rhyme
- the rainbow colours
- a silly, funny one
- All
- initials match the list
- Every Lazy Pink All
- in the same order
- king
- more
- a first-letter sentence
- an acronym
- Lions
- 19 and 47
- one
- 407 015 7019
- bun
- Mum
- first letters as a word
- DNIO
- what each letter means
- True
- 13/06/1956
- 10/01/2007
- true
- an acronym
- 548 566 783
- 8771 3902 5107
- bite
- WBTLK
- say it aloud often
- Southern
- north
- splitting into groups
- Old Bakes All
- Goats Owls Dance
- MVEMJSUN
- one word holds a list
- chunking
- Eight Cats Play Cook
- RSLF
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