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.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, mango, kettle, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MJKF (b) JMKF (c) MKFJ (d) FKMJ
- 2.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 4.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
- 5.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 208592180. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 208 592 2180 (b) 208 592 180 (c) 208 921 80 (d) 208 592 108
- 7.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
- 8.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 4133035303. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 413 303 35303 (b) 413 303 5033 (c) 413 035 303 (d) 413 303 5303
- 10.📅 The digits 14031987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1403/19/87 (b) 14/0319/87 (c) 140/319/87 (d) 14/03/1987
- 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Silly ___ Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Up (c) Wise (d) Love
- 13.📅 The digits 04011977 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0401/19/77 (b) 040/119/77 (c) 04/01/1977 (d) 04/0119/77
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) string (c) three (d) swing
- 15.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
- 16.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) true (c) clear (d) right
- 17.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) clock (d) bell
- 18.True or false: “well” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, violin, ladder, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ILVN (b) VNLI (c) VLIN (d) NVLI
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, kite, ice cream? (a) Kids Ice Jump (b) Jump Kids Ice (c) Kids Jump Ice (d) Ice Kids Jump
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
- 23.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 194 and 7
- 24.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a long story
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Very Every Mum Jump Sing Up ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Pink (c) Neat (d) Every
- 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) say (c) know (d) learn
- 28.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) long (c) cold (d) free
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 2517182251. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 251 781 2251 (b) 251 718 251 (c) 251 718 2251 (d) 251 718 22511
- 30.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 31.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) planet (c) world (d) one
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) backwards
- 33.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 34.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
- 35.📅 The digits 25071951 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/07/1951 (b) 25/0719/51 (c) 250/719/51 (d) 2507/19/51
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, jalebi, shoe, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JOSC (b) CSJO (c) JSCO (d) OJSC
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 38.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, tent, sock? (a) Sing Toys Runs (b) Toys Sing Runs (c) Toys Runs Sing (d) Runs Toys Sing
- 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
Answer key
- JMKF
- January
- chunking
- March
- a list in a fixed order
- 208 592 180
- a first-letter sentence
- three chunks, not ten
- 413 303 5303
- 14/03/1987
- the rainbow colours
- Wise
- 04/01/1977
- three
- Jupiter
- true
- clock
- False
- NVLI
- Jump Kids Ice
- chunking
- February
- 19 and 47
- an acronym
- SWG
- Neat
- know
- free
- 251 718 2251
- chunking
- one
- in the same order
- True
- the letters make no word
- 25/07/1951
- OJSC
- an acronym
- first letters as a word
- Runs Toys Sing
- evaporation
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