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.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Sing ___ Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Big (c) Toys (d) Wins
- 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Vans Every My Jeeps ___ Up Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Funny (c) Young (d) Big
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
- 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
- 7.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
- 10.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) star (c) planet (d) world
- 11.True or false: “block” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rope, guava, banana, nest is “Red ___ Bakes Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Toys (b) Wet (c) Goats (d) Fly
- 13.📅 The digits 11062012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/620/12 (b) 11/0620/12 (c) 11/06/2012 (d) 1106/20/12
- 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 634535899. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 345 358 99 (b) 634 535 5899 (c) 643 535 899 (d) 634 535 899
- 16.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
- 17.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 456756561750. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4567 5656 1750 (b) 4567 5656 1705 (c) 4567 5656 150 (d) 4567 5665 61750
- 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) steps (b) games (c) songs (d) tricks
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Lions Every (b) Lions Every Pigs Aunty (c) Lions Pigs Aunty Every (d) Every Lions Pigs Aunty
- 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rock (b) lock (c) sock (d) swing
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Love Pink Ants (b) Love Eat Pink Ants (c) Love Pink Ants Eat (d) Ants Pink Love Eat
- 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) chain (b) tea (c) swing (d) string
- 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) ton (c) one (d) well
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) sock (c) light (d) block
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny Mum Aunty (b) Funny Jolly Mum Aunty (c) Aunty Mum Funny Jolly (d) Funny Mum Aunty Jolly
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly ___ Mice Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Fly (b) Young (c) Eight (d) Dogs
- 28.True or false: “light” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 8702025024. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 870 202 5024 (b) 870 202 502 (c) 870 202 50224 (d) 870 202 5042
- 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for inkpot, vase, flute, whistle, anchor is “Ice ___ Frogs Wins Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Up (b) Mice (c) Vines (d) Lazy
- 32.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) rain (d) tree
- 33.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) rain (c) sun (d) clock
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
- 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 36.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for vase, ant, radio, mango is “Very Aunty Runs ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yaks (b) Mice (c) Big (d) Seven
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eat ___ Pink Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Dad (c) Owls (d) Love
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, cat, igloo, tent, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CITPG (b) CGITP (c) PTICG (d) GCITP
- 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
Answer key
- Arctic
- Wins
- first letters as a word
- Silly
- ELPA
- what each letter means
- False
- the rainbow colours
- SWG
- one
- False
- Goats
- 11/06/2012
- east
- 634 535 899
- splitting into groups
- collection
- 4567 5656 1750
- tricks
- Every Lions Pigs Aunty
- swing
- Eat Love Pink Ants
- chain
- well
- light
- Jolly Funny Mum Aunty
- Fly
- False
- 870 202 5024
- an acronym
- Vines
- tree
- clock
- VIBGYOR
- a rhyme
- numbers and letter lists
- Mice
- Love
- GCITP
- chunking
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