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.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 3.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) never say it (c) read it once silently (d) say it aloud often
- 4.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) clock (d) cake
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, wallet, spoon, nest, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WUSNC (b) CNSWU (c) UWSNC (d) WSNCU
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 868219024793. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8668 2190 24793 (b) 8682 1902 4793 (c) 8862 1902 4793 (d) 8821 9024 793
- 7.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) rain (d) cake
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, monkey, vase, net, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MOVNA (b) OMVNA (c) MVNAO (d) ANVMO
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat Every ___ Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Yaks (c) Kind (d) Sing
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) block (c) wake (d) rock
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, tent, pillow, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TPNG (b) TGPN (c) GTPN (d) NPTG
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) shake (c) free (d) knee
- 14.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 15.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) steps (c) songs (d) tricks
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 3151045248. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 510 45248 (b) 151 045 248 (c) 315 104 5248 (d) 351 104 5248
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 736724629437. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7367 4262 9437 (b) 7367 2462 9437 (c) 7367 2469 437 (d) 7367 2462 29437
- 18.🎵 Which word does “knee” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) king (d) tree
- 19.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 20.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) say (c) write (d) know
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, parrot, guava, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFGU (b) FPGU (c) UGPF (d) PGUF
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wins Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Inside (b) Neat (c) Play (d) Seven
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, needle, flute, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFLM (b) LFNM (c) NMFL (d) MNFL
- 25.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) tree (d) rain
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, van, jug, key, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJKLU (b) UVJKL (c) LKJVU (d) VUJKL
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) key (b) wake (c) kite (d) ton
- 28.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly My All (b) All My Fly Jolly (c) Fly My All Jolly (d) Jolly Fly My All
- 30.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) nothing at all (c) only numbers (d) numbers and letter lists
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 255520316121. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2552 0316 121 (b) 2555 2031 16121 (c) 2552 5031 6121 (d) 2555 2031 6121
- 32.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, flute, cat? (a) Cook Funny Big (b) Big Funny Cook (c) Funny Big Cook (d) Funny Cook Big
- 34.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) night (d) bell
- 35.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
- 36.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
- 37.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) has no pattern (c) is very long (d) means something to you
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
Answer key
- initials match the list
- MVEMJSUN
- say it aloud often
- clock
- UWSNC
- 8682 1902 4793
- rain
- OMVNA
- Sing
- PAISA
- wake
- GTPN
- shake
- what each letter means
- tricks
- 315 104 5248
- 7367 2462 9437
- tree
- 5
- know
- an acronym
- FPGU
- Seven
- MNFL
- rain
- UVJKL
- wake
- splitting into groups
- Jolly Fly My All
- numbers and letter lists
- 2555 2031 6121
- 5
- Big Funny Cook
- cake
- green
- leaf
- True
- True
- means something to you
- ELPA
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