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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants All ___ Silly All Every All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yaks (b) Owls (c) Jump (d) Neat
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 9237181511. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 937 181 511 (b) 923 718 1511 (c) 927 318 1511 (d) 923 718 81511
- 3.✏️ 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
- 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, umpire, jalebi? (a) Under Jolly Vans (b) Jolly Under Vans (c) Vans Under Jolly (d) Under Vans Jolly
- 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for fan, jalebi, spoon, rope, orange is “___ Jeeps Sing Red Owls”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Only (b) Aunty (c) Funny (d) Big
- 9.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
- 10.True or false: “run” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) rain (d) tree
- 12.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) orange
- 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cook Every (b) Crazy Every Play Cook (c) Cook Play Crazy Every (d) Every Crazy Play Cook
- 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 6824204971. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 684 220 4971 (b) 682 420 4971 (c) 682 420 49771 (d) 682 420 971
- 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) clear (c) known (d) true
- 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
- 19.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) a beat or a tune (c) no rhythm at all (d) saying it once quietly
- 20.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
- 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) sock (b) tea (c) bake (d) rake
- 23.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) star (c) one (d) world
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pigs Ants Ice Silly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Love (c) Jeeps (d) All
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
- 26.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) sun (d) tree
- 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mice Funny Jump (b) Jump Funny Mice Aunty (c) Funny Jump Mice Aunty (d) Funny Mice Aunty Jump
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
- 30.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is printed bigger (c) it is a smaller number (d) it has fewer digits
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 321481188193. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3218 4118 8193 (b) 3214 8118 88193 (c) 3214 8118 8193 (d) 3214 8118 813
- 32.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps My All (b) Jeeps Funny My All (c) Funny My All Jeeps (d) All My Funny Jeeps
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 466069795. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 466 067 95 (b) 466 069 795 (c) 466 609 795 (d) 446 606 9795
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 578620155. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 578 601 55 (b) 578 620 515 (c) 578 620 155 (d) 578 620 1555
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Fly My Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Eat (c) Jeeps (d) Wise
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Silly Rani (b) Silly Rani Lions Fly (c) Rani Silly Lions Fly (d) Silly Lions Fly Rani
- 38.📅 The digits 02121962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/12/1962 (b) 021/219/62 (c) 0212/19/62 (d) 02/1219/62
- 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) done (c) ended (d) learnt
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for van, whistle, monkey, ant is “___ Wet Mice Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Vans (c) Mice (d) Lazy
Answer key
- Neat
- 923 718 1511
- initials match the list
- an acronym
- False
- Vans Under Jolly
- MVEMJSUN
- Funny
- January
- False
- rain
- red
- a list in a fixed order
- Every Crazy Play Cook
- an acronym
- 682 420 4971
- true
- April
- a beat or a tune
- True
- the rainbow colours
- tea
- one
- All
- VIBGYOR
- rain
- an acronym
- Jump Funny Mice Aunty
- a silly, funny one
- three chunks, not ten
- 3214 8118 8193
- white
- Jeeps Funny My All
- 466 069 795
- 578 620 155
- Jeeps
- Rani Silly Lions Fly
- 02/12/1962
- done
- Vans
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