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: van, mango, drum, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDMV (b) MVDF (c) MDFV (d) VMDF
- 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) ton (c) plane (d) won
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
- 5.True or false: “key” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
- 7.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) a rhyme about cats
- 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sea (b) cane (c) chain (d) brain
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, coconut, sock, jug, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJSCM (b) CMSJU (c) MCSJU (d) CSJUM
- 10.True or false: “make” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 182490294. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 182 490 924 (b) 182 490 2294 (c) 182 490 294 (d) 182 490 29
- 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
- 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, wallet, tomato, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATWC (b) WCTA (c) CWTA (d) WTAC
- 15.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) night (d) rain
- 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Very Eight My Jolly Sing Under ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Up (b) Funny (c) Nani (d) Mice
- 18.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only numbers (d) only pictures
- 19.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) the list is short (d) there is no list
- 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 21.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, owl, tomato, violin, watch is “___ Only Tiny Very Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Ice (c) Bakes (d) Dance
- 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Mercury
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, urn, apple, guava, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGAUW (b) UWAGR (c) WUAGR (d) UAGRW
- 26.True or false: “swing” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pink Cook (b) Cats Eight Pink Cook (c) Cats Pink Cook Eight (d) Cook Pink Cats Eight
- 29.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 259831309710. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2593 1309 710 (b) 2598 3130 9710 (c) 2598 3133 09710 (d) 2958 3130 9710
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2752643913. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 275 264 313 (b) 275 264 39133 (c) 275 264 3193 (d) 275 264 3913
- 32.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 359350612. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 359 305 612 (b) 359 350 0612 (c) 353 506 12 (d) 359 350 612
- 34.📅 The digits 19082016 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1908/20/16 (b) 190/820/16 (c) 19/08/2016 (d) 19/0820/16
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 323048462. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 323 048 462 (b) 323 048 4462 (c) 332 048 462 (d) 323 048 42
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Aunty Every (b) Every Lazy Play Aunty (c) Lazy Every Play Aunty (d) Aunty Play Lazy Every
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pigs Lions Eat (b) Lions Pigs Ants Eat (c) Eat Lions Pigs Ants (d) Lions Eat Pigs Ants
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 734796485. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 734 794 685 (b) 773 479 6485 (c) 734 796 485 (d) 734 794 85
- 39.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) night (d) clock
- 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- VMDF
- the rainbow colours
- plane
- ELPA
- True
- first letters as a word
- initials match the list
- sea
- MCSJU
- False
- three chunks, not ten
- 182 490 294
- a memory trick
- CWTA
- night
- chunking
- Nani
- numbers and letter lists
- the letters make no word
- in the same order
- False
- SWG
- Dance
- Saturn
- WUAGR
- False
- chunking
- Eight Cats Pink Cook
- 7
- 2598 3130 9710
- 275 264 3913
- flower
- 359 350 612
- 19/08/2016
- 323 048 462
- Every Lazy Play Aunty
- Eat Lions Pigs Ants
- 734 796 485
- rain
- True
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