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 acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 389161186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 389 161 1186 (b) 389 161 168 (c) 389 611 86 (d) 389 161 186
- 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 4.📅 The digits 09051973 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0905/19/73 (b) 090/519/73 (c) 09/0519/73 (d) 09/05/1973
- 5.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
- 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) smell (b) white (c) make (d) plane
- 9.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Southern
- 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) lake (c) run (d) wake
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) bun (b) swing (c) make (d) knee
- 12.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) cake (d) clock
- 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play Aunty Eat (b) Aunty Play Love Eat (c) Love Eat Play Aunty (d) Eat Love Play Aunty
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
- 16.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 9317111086. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 931 711 11086 (b) 931 711 1086 (c) 931 711 086 (d) 931 711 1806
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 1139378802. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 113 937 8802 (b) 139 378 802 (c) 113 937 78802 (d) 113 937 8082
- 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, ice cream, ant, orange, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PIAOJ (b) JOAIP (c) IPAOJ (d) IAOJP
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 22.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: “write” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔤 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
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 3789504548. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 337 895 04548 (b) 378 950 4548 (c) 378 954 0548 (d) 378 954 548
- 26.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Australia (c) Asia (d) North America
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (b) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Pink Crazy (d) Cats Eight Pink Crazy
- 28.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
- 29.📅 The digits 04052024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/05/2024 (b) 040/520/24 (c) 04/0520/24 (d) 0405/20/24
- 30.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
- 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, frog, guava, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGOA (b) AFGO (c) FAGO (d) OGFA
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) white (b) brain (c) run (d) sock
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) wake (b) fight (c) key (d) sing
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, sock, doll? (a) Lions Sing Dance (b) Dance Sing Lions (c) Sing Dance Lions (d) Sing Lions Dance
- 36.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a rhyme about cats
- 37.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bee (b) string (c) knock (d) make
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for radio, fan, glass, ice cream is “Rani ___ Goats Ink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Ants (c) Funny (d) Every
- 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
Answer key
- ELPA
- 389 161 186
- what each letter means
- 09/05/1973
- 4
- SWG
- the rainbow colours
- smell
- Pacific
- run
- knee
- cake
- one word holds a list
- Eat Love Play Aunty
- JFMA
- 9
- 931 711 1086
- 113 937 8802
- chunking
- PIAOJ
- chunking
- False
- True
- MVEMJSUN
- 378 950 4548
- Africa
- Eight Cats Pink Crazy
- larva
- 04/05/2024
- a first-letter sentence
- yellow
- AFGO
- sock
- key
- Lions Sing Dance
- initials match the list
- chunking
- make
- Funny
- Indian
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