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.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, van, anchor, jalebi, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VAJIP (b) IJAVP (c) VPAJI (d) PVAJI
- 2.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Lazy Eight (b) Lazy Pink All Eight (c) Lazy Eight Pink All (d) Eight Lazy Pink All
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mice Frogs Jeeps (b) Frogs Mice Ants Jeeps (c) Frogs Jeeps Mice Ants (d) Jeeps Frogs Mice Ants
- 5.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for doll, van, banana, nest is “Dogs ___ Bakes Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vines (b) Grab (c) Pink (d) Crazy
- 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) learn (c) know (d) write
- 8.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 9.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
- 12.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) king (d) cake
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
- 14.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 15.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for coconut, doll, umpire, onion is “Cats Dad ___ Owls”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kids (b) Cats (c) Play (d) Uncle
- 17.📅 The digits 16071956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 160/719/56 (b) 1607/19/56 (c) 16/0719/56 (d) 16/07/1956
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 106201475. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 106 620 1475 (b) 106 201 475 (c) 102 014 75 (d) 106 210 475
- 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, umbrella, goat? (a) Under Mice Grab (b) Grab Under Mice (c) Mice Under Grab (d) Under Grab Mice
- 21.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
- 22.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lions Sing Runs (b) Runs Sing Lions Frogs (c) Sing Runs Lions Frogs (d) Sing Lions Frogs Runs
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 232120198411. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3221 2019 8411 (b) 2321 2011 98411 (c) 2312 0198 411 (d) 2321 2019 8411
- 25.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) night (d) clock
- 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) indigo
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) done (b) bite (c) fun (d) free
- 28.📅 The digits 19071965 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/0719/65 (b) 19/07/1965 (c) 190/719/65 (d) 1907/19/65
- 29.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tell (b) done (c) fun (d) run
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) snake (c) knee (d) sea
- 31.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
- 32.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, tent, flute, duck, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTFDW (b) TVFDW (c) WDFTV (d) TFDWV
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Green (b) Green Wins Seven (c) Seven Wins Green (d) Wins Green Seven
- 38.True or false: “won” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cook Eat (b) Eat Cook Cook Pink (c) Cook Eat Pink Cook (d) Eat Cook Pink Cook
- 40.📅 The digits 09092018 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 090/920/18 (b) 0909/20/18 (c) 09/09/2018 (d) 09/0920/18
Answer key
- PVAJI
- False
- Eight Lazy Pink All
- Jeeps Frogs Mice Ants
- initials match the list
- Vines
- know
- 5
- False
- 2
- a first-letter sentence
- night
- in the same order
- 2
- 7
- Uncle
- 16/07/1956
- 106 201 475
- one word holds a list
- Mice Under Grab
- flower
- numbers and letter lists
- Runs Sing Lions Frogs
- 2321 2019 8411
- clock
- indigo
- bite
- 19/07/1965
- tell
- snake
- a first-letter sentence
- the letters make no word
- RSLF
- a silly, funny one
- VTFDW
- SWG
- Seven Wins Green
- False
- Eat Cook Pink Cook
- 09/09/2018
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