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 helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, jeep, ladder? (a) Lions Jeeps Pink (b) Jeeps Lions Pink (c) Jeeps Pink Lions (d) Pink Jeeps Lions
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
- 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, van, candle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCVW (b) WVCB (c) VCBW (d) VWCB
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, urn, owl, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MOUI (b) UOMI (c) UIOM (d) IUOM
- 6.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
- 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
- 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) swing (c) shock (d) block
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) shock (c) block (d) knock
- 10.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, flute, shoe, anchor, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OASFP (b) FSAOP (c) FPSAO (d) PFSAO
- 12.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) say it aloud often (c) never say it (d) read it once silently
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Goats (b) Sing Wise Goats (c) Wise Goats Sing (d) Goats Wise Sing
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, urn, jalebi? (a) Uncle Jump Ants (b) Ants Uncle Jump (c) Jump Uncle Ants (d) Uncle Ants Jump
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 16.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 17.True or false: “fun” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) white (b) tell (c) cane (d) shock
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kite, jeep, onion, anchor is “___ Jeeps Old Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Lions (c) Kind (d) Frogs
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, apple, pillow, goat, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGPAM (b) AMPGK (c) APGKM (d) MAPGK
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, frog, pencil? (a) Pigs Frogs Tiny (b) Frogs Pigs Tiny (c) Frogs Tiny Pigs (d) Tiny Frogs Pigs
- 22.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, pencil, mango, urn, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDMUO (b) OUMPD (c) PMUOD (d) DPMUO
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for banana, onion, pencil, umpire is “___ Owls Play Under”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Owls (b) Eight (c) Bunny (d) Aunty
- 25.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only pictures (d) nothing at all
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 7569729526. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 576 972 9526 (b) 756 972 9526 (c) 756 729 526 (d) 756 997 29526
- 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, lamp, inkpot, pencil, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LIPTG (b) TPILG (c) LGIPT (d) GLIPT
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Silly ___ Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Young (b) Vines (c) Wise (d) Bakes
- 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Green (b) Wet Green Seven (c) Green Wet Seven (d) Seven Wet Green
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 7611331158. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 761 113 31158 (b) 761 133 1158 (c) 761 133 158 (d) 761 313 1158
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, orange, tomato, lamp, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLTOB (b) OTLDB (c) BOTLD (d) OBTLD
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Every Silly Wins (b) Every Silly Wins Nine (c) Wins Silly Every Nine (d) Every Nine Silly Wins
- 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, guava, coconut, spoon, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NSCGV (b) GVCSN (c) GCSNV (d) VGCSN
- 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
- 39.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
Answer key
- Pink Jeeps Lions
- NESW
- a list in a fixed order
- WVCB
- IUOM
- February
- a first-letter sentence
- swing
- ton
- False
- PFSAO
- say it aloud often
- Sing Wise Goats
- Ants Uncle Jump
- in the same order
- 8
- False
- tell
- Kind
- MAPGK
- Tiny Frogs Pigs
- a memory trick
- DPMUO
- Bunny
- numbers and letter lists
- 756 972 9526
- a first-letter sentence
- GLIPT
- VIBGYOR
- ECPC
- Wise
- chunking
- Seven Wet Green
- 761 133 1158
- BOTLD
- Nine Every Silly Wins
- VGCSN
- saffron
- True
- AANSAEA
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