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: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Pigs Ants (b) Every Lazy Pigs Ants (c) Ants Pigs Lazy Every (d) Lazy Pigs Ants Every
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
- 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
- 5.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
- 6.📅 The digits 08051962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/0519/62 (b) 08/05/1962 (c) 0805/19/62 (d) 080/519/62
- 7.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 8.📅 The digits 07041966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0704/19/66 (b) 07/04/1966 (c) 070/419/66 (d) 07/0419/66
- 9.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Mars
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, key, guava, watch, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KSGWM (b) KGWMS (c) SKGWM (d) MWGKS
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 206177496. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 206 177 4996 (b) 206 177 496 (c) 206 774 96 (d) 201 677 496
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
- 14.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 15.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they are longer (c) sound patterns stick (d) they need no practice
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 8903820591. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 903 820 591 (b) 899 038 20591 (c) 890 382 0591 (d) 890 328 0591
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, wallet, apple, igloo, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WAIJB (b) WBAIJ (c) JIAWB (d) BWAIJ
- 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, bucket, wallet, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWBS (b) BWRS (c) BSWR (d) SBWR
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, banana, jeep, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BAJV (b) BJVA (c) VJBA (d) ABJV
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 8219491701. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 821 949 1701 (b) 821 949 1710 (c) 821 949 171 (d) 821 949 17701
- 21.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, lamp, net? (a) Fly Lazy Nine (b) Nine Lazy Fly (c) Lazy Fly Nine (d) Lazy Nine Fly
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat Every ___ Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) My (c) Young (d) Pink
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) thing (b) ring (c) fight (d) spring
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
- 27.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 28.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 29.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) has no pattern (c) is very long (d) changes daily
- 30.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Goats (b) Wise Seven Goats (c) Wise Goats Seven (d) Goats Wise Seven
- 32.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Red Lions Funny (b) Red Sing Lions Funny (c) Funny Lions Sing Red (d) Sing Lions Funny Red
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 806208972287. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8062 0897 72287 (b) 8062 0897 287 (c) 0862 0897 2287 (d) 8062 0897 2287
- 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
- 36.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) bell (d) clock
- 37.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) free (b) well (c) white (d) brain
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, rope, jug, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRJI (b) IJRV (c) RVJI (d) RJIV
- 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Mars
Answer key
- a first-letter sentence
- Every Lazy Pigs Ants
- VIBGYOR
- first letters as a word
- the letters make no word
- 08/05/1962
- True
- 07/04/1966
- Venus
- SKGWM
- a rhyme
- 206 177 496
- PAISA
- initials match the list
- sound patterns stick
- 890 382 0591
- BWAIJ
- SBWR
- ABJV
- 821 949 1701
- True
- Fly Lazy Nine
- Seven
- a silly, funny one
- fight
- RSLF
- a list in a fixed order
- chunking
- means something to you
- True
- Seven Wise Goats
- leaf
- Red Sing Lions Funny
- 8062 0897 2287
- Mars
- bell
- False
- white
- VRJI
- Mercury
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