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 urn, jug, whistle, ant is “Under Jolly Wise ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Eat (c) Rani (d) Kites
- 2.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) sun (d) night
- 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
- 4.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
- 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) bun (b) knee (c) well (d) knock
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 796189012. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 796 819 012 (b) 796 618 9012 (c) 796 189 012 (d) 796 190 12
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, igloo, bucket, umpire, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUBIC (b) ICBUT (c) CIBUT (d) IBUTC
- 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
- 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) Antarctica
- 11.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Europe
- 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) Asia (d) Australia
- 13.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
- 14.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 16.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) change it each day (c) say it aloud often (d) read it once silently
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for inkpot, drum, rope, bucket, parrot is “Ink Dance Runs ___ Pink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Big (c) Red (d) Green
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 375137504932. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3751 3750 4932 (b) 3751 3504 932 (c) 3751 3375 04932 (d) 3751 3570 4932
- 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) blue (d) orange
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Silly (b) Silly Wise Grab (c) Wise Silly Grab (d) Grab Wise Silly
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 227252005837. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2272 5205 837 (b) 2272 5200 58337 (c) 2272 5200 5837 (d) 2722 5200 5837
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
- 23.📅 The digits 21061985 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 21/06/1985 (b) 2106/19/85 (c) 210/619/85 (d) 21/0619/85
- 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 25.✏️ 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
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) wake (b) block (c) write (d) done
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, doll, jalebi? (a) Dad Ants Jolly (b) Dad Jolly Ants (c) Jolly Dad Ants (d) Ants Dad Jolly
- 29.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) rain (d) night
- 30.True or false: “light” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: “train” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Love Every (b) Love Every Pigs Aunty (c) Every Love Pigs Aunty (d) Love Pigs Aunty Every
- 34.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, urn, fan, spoon is “Grab Under ___ Seven”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Fly (c) Every (d) Kids
- 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 940181301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 940 181 301 (b) 940 181 01 (c) 940 181 1301 (d) 940 118 301
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Eight Sing Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wise (b) Play (c) Vans (d) Nani
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, apple, cat? (a) Crazy Ants Play (b) Ants Play Crazy (c) Ants Crazy Play (d) Play Ants Crazy
Answer key
- Aunty
- rain
- a list in a fixed order
- the letters make no word
- knee
- 796 189 012
- CIBUT
- violet
- one word holds a list
- South America
- Africa
- Antarctica
- the rainbow colours
- green
- a first-letter sentence
- say it aloud often
- Big
- 3751 3750 4932
- orange
- Silly Wise Grab
- 2272 5200 5837
- NESW
- 21/06/1985
- an acronym
- a silly, funny one
- PAISA
- block
- Ants Dad Jolly
- rain
- False
- True
- ECPC
- Every Love Pigs Aunty
- first letters as a word
- Fly
- a rhyme
- MVEMJSUN
- 940 181 301
- Nani
- Play Ants Crazy
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