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.📅 The digits 19121987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1912/19/87 (b) 19/1219/87 (c) 19/12/1987 (d) 191/219/87
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “___ All Neat Seven All Eat Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) My (b) Ants (c) Nine (d) Bunny
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, rope, monkey, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMRW (b) RMPW (c) WRMP (d) RWMP
- 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) shell (b) fun (c) train (d) wake
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
- 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
- 8.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, rope, sock, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWSN (b) WRSN (c) NSRW (d) RSNW
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mice Aunty (b) Aunty Mice Frogs Jeeps (c) Frogs Mice Aunty Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs Mice Aunty
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
- 12.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
- 14.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, tomato, guava? (a) Tiny Funny Goats (b) Goats Tiny Funny (c) Funny Tiny Goats (d) Tiny Goats Funny
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) string (c) wing (d) swing
- 17.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) free (b) rock (c) key (d) kite
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wise Green”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Cook (c) Seven (d) Nine
- 20.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, cat, guava, nest, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCGNT (b) TNGCB (c) CBGNT (d) CGNTB
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 499157373386. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4991 5737 33386 (b) 4991 5737 3386 (c) 4915 7373 386 (d) 4991 5773 3386
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, bucket, owl? (a) Old Bunny Silly (b) Silly Bunny Old (c) Bunny Silly Old (d) Bunny Old Silly
- 25.✏️ 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
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 130339849805. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1303 3984 9085 (b) 1303 3984 98805 (c) 1303 3984 9805 (d) 1303 9849 805
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Vans ___ My Jolly Silly Uncle Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Owls (c) Kids (d) Eat
- 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) make (c) snake (d) lake
- 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) games (c) steps (d) tricks
- 30.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) there is no list
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, banana, sock, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFSN (b) NSBF (c) BSNF (d) FBSN
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Runs Lions Fly (b) Sing Lions Fly Runs (c) Runs Sing Lions Fly (d) Fly Lions Sing Runs
- 33.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
- 34.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) sun (d) cake
- 35.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) west (d) north
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 8793929841. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 879 392 8941 (b) 877 939 29841 (c) 879 329 841 (d) 879 392 9841
- 37.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eat Cats ___ Cook”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Silly (c) Ink (d) Pink
- 39.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the oceans
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Seven Wins Goats (c) Goats Wins Seven (d) Wins Goats Seven
Answer key
- 19/12/1987
- in the same order
- Ants
- WRMP
- fun
- RSLF
- Earth
- January
- WRSN
- Jeeps Frogs Mice Aunty
- NESW
- False
- VIBGYOR
- splitting into groups
- Funny Tiny Goats
- write
- a memory trick
- rock
- Seven
- first letters as a word
- BCGNT
- PAISA
- 4991 5737 3386
- Silly Bunny Old
- initials match the list
- 1303 3984 9805
- Eat
- kite
- tricks
- the letters make no word
- FBSN
- Runs Sing Lions Fly
- north
- sun
- south
- 879 392 9841
- green
- Pink
- the rainbow colours
- Seven Wins Goats
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