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 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
- 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My All Jeeps (b) All My Fly Jeeps (c) Jeeps Fly My All (d) Fly Jeeps My All
- 4.True or false: “knock” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, watch, ant, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWAI (b) WGAI (c) WAIG (d) IAWG
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for umpire, apple, onion, jug, shoe is “Uncle Aunty Owls Jolly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Green (c) Silly (d) Wins
- 7.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sea (b) bright (c) kite (d) bite
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, doll, lemon, ant, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLAPN (b) DNLAP (c) NDLAP (d) PALDN
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 681795242127. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6817 5242 127 (b) 6817 9524 2127 (c) 6817 9254 2127 (d) 6817 9524 21277
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 808317837. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 808 378 37 (b) 808 317 7837 (c) 808 317 837 (d) 088 317 837
- 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
- 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rope, banana, kite, ant is “Red ___ Kites Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Kind (c) Jeeps (d) Bunny
- 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
- 16.📅 The digits 20021951 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2002/19/51 (b) 20/0219/51 (c) 200/219/51 (d) 20/02/1951
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 7612311316. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 762 311 316 (b) 761 231 1316 (c) 762 131 1316 (d) 761 231 13316
- 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 7173521291. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 713 752 1291 (b) 717 335 21291 (c) 717 352 1291 (d) 717 521 291
- 20.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) steps (c) games (d) tricks
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jeeps Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Mum Aunty Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly Mum Aunty
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Every ___ Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Nine (c) Yaks (d) Seven
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, pillow, monkey? (a) Pigs My Dance (b) Pigs Dance My (c) Dance Pigs My (d) My Pigs Dance
- 24.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, rose, violin, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RAVM (b) MVRA (c) RVMA (d) ARVM
- 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shake (b) done (c) bun (d) lane
- 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
- 28.📅 The digits 28021954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2802/19/54 (b) 280/219/54 (c) 28/0219/54 (d) 28/02/1954
- 29.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pink Cats (b) Eat Crazy Pink Cats (c) Crazy Pink Cats Eat (d) Cats Pink Crazy Eat
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wins Nani (b) Wins Seven Every Nani (c) Every Nani Seven Wins (d) Nani Every Seven Wins
- 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
- 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) light (c) shell (d) kite
- 35.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) one (c) star (d) world
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) run (c) bite (d) ton
- 37.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mum All (b) Jeeps Frogs Mum All (c) Frogs Mum All Jeeps (d) All Mum Frogs Jeeps
- 39.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 40.🧰 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
Answer key
- a silly, funny one
- the rainbow colours
- Jeeps Fly My All
- False
- GWAI
- Silly
- sea
- NDLAP
- 6817 9524 2127
- NESW
- in the same order
- 808 317 837
- one word holds a list
- Bunny
- larva
- 20/02/1951
- 761 231 1316
- a memory trick
- 717 352 1291
- tricks
- Jeeps Fly Mum Aunty
- Seven
- Dance Pigs My
- adult
- ARVM
- lane
- ELPA
- 28/02/1954
- splitting into groups
- Eat Crazy Pink Cats
- Nani Every Seven Wins
- Neptune
- white
- shell
- one
- bite
- a list in a fixed order
- Jeeps Frogs Mum All
- 7
- a first-letter sentence
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