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) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 400218584. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 400 218 5884 (b) 400 218 58 (c) 400 128 584 (d) 400 218 584
- 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, tomato, ice cream? (a) Nine Tea Ink (b) Tea Nine Ink (c) Tea Ink Nine (d) Ink Tea Nine
- 5.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) rain (d) sun
- 6.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 7.True or false: “cane” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, jeep, pencil, ladder, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRPLO (b) JPLOR (c) RJPLO (d) OLPJR
- 9.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
- 10.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Indian
- 11.📅 The digits 25071954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2507/19/54 (b) 250/719/54 (c) 25/07/1954 (d) 25/0719/54
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, jug, rose? (a) Runs Jump Nine (b) Jump Nine Runs (c) Nine Jump Runs (d) Jump Runs Nine
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, rose, violin, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RVJT (b) JVRT (c) TRVJ (d) RTVJ
- 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
- 16.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, glass, nest? (a) Grab Crazy Nine (b) Crazy Grab Nine (c) Grab Nine Crazy (d) Nine Grab Crazy
- 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, fan, onion? (a) Funny Play Only (b) Only Funny Play (c) Funny Only Play (d) Play Funny Only
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 9020328071. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 920 032 8071 (b) 902 003 28071 (c) 902 032 071 (d) 902 032 8071
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) rake (c) lake (d) shake
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pigs Love Every (b) Love Pigs Ants Every (c) Every Love Pigs Ants (d) Love Every Pigs Ants
- 24.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the months
- 25.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 5207754433. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 520 775 4343 (b) 520 775 4433 (c) 520 754 433 (d) 522 077 54433
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wins Seven (b) Wins Seven Grab (c) Seven Wins Grab (d) Wins Grab Seven
- 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) red (d) green
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Play Aunty (b) Every Lions Play Aunty (c) Lions Play Aunty Every (d) Aunty Play Lions Every
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
- 31.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 32.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) numbers and letter lists (d) nothing at all
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, doll, parrot, guava, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDPGJ (b) DPGJT (c) JGPDT (d) DTPGJ
- 34.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) you like spelling (d) the list is short
- 35.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) clock (d) tree
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for guava, ant, wallet, candle is “Green Aunty Wet ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Crazy (c) Up (d) Ink
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “___ Crazy Pigs Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mum (b) Runs (c) Ice (d) Every
- 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.📅 The digits 22011987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/119/87 (b) 2201/19/87 (c) 22/0119/87 (d) 22/01/1987
Answer key
- first letters as a word
- 400 218 584
- one word holds a list
- Nine Tea Ink
- sun
- green
- False
- RJPLO
- 19 and 47
- Indian
- 25/07/1954
- Nine Jump Runs
- TRVJ
- a first-letter sentence
- VIBGYOR
- True
- Crazy Grab Nine
- in the same order
- Play Funny Only
- 902 032 8071
- chunking
- ring
- Every Love Pigs Ants
- the rainbow colours
- an acronym
- 520 775 4433
- Seven Wins Grab
- orange
- Every Lions Play Aunty
- ECPC
- what each letter means
- numbers and letter lists
- TDPGJ
- the letters make no word
- tree
- a silly, funny one
- Crazy
- Every
- saffron
- 22/01/1987
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