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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
- 3.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) sun (d) clock
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Silly (b) Wise Silly Goats (c) Wise Goats Silly (d) Silly Wise Goats
- 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 6.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Red ___ Lions Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mum (b) Bunny (c) Rani (d) Silly
- 8.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 127503058. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 127 503 058 (b) 127 530 58 (c) 127 053 058 (d) 127 550 3058
- 10.True or false: “white” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 476604106. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 476 604 06 (b) 476 064 106 (c) 476 604 106 (d) 447 660 4106
- 12.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) chain (b) rock (c) rake (d) ring
- 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for candle, whistle, rope, van, mirror is “Cats Wise Runs Vans ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) Mum (c) Jump (d) Kids
- 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) APISA
- 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
- 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) in any order
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for mirror, urn, fan, ball is “My Uncle ___ Bakes”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kids (b) Dogs (c) Green (d) Fly
- 20.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
- 21.📅 The digits 11032015 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/0320/15 (b) 1103/20/15 (c) 11/03/2015 (d) 110/320/15
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
- 23.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 24.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) rock (c) block (d) plane
- 26.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 27.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 224432800094. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2244 3280 0094 (b) 2244 3280 004 (c) 2243 4280 0094 (d) 2244 3228 00094
- 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, ice cream, watch, violin, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) INWVK (b) NIWVK (c) KVWIN (d) IWVKN
- 30.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
- 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 32.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
- 33.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) chain (b) train (c) cane (d) tell
- 36.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a very long word (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
- 37.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 179176373. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 179 176 37 (b) 179 176 373 (c) 179 176 733 (d) 179 917 6373
- 39.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) change it each day (c) never say it (d) read it once silently
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ice cream, ball, pencil, tomato is “___ Bunny Pink Toys”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Uncle (b) Toys (c) Ink (d) Runs
Answer key
- what each letter means
- AANSAEA
- sun
- Silly Wise Goats
- a first-letter sentence
- collection
- Silly
- flower
- 127 503 058
- True
- 476 604 106
- 5
- rock
- RSLF
- Mum
- PAISA
- one word holds a list
- in the same order
- Fly
- 19 and 47
- 11/03/2015
- a silly, funny one
- 5
- a list in a fixed order
- plane
- the rainbow colours
- True
- 2244 3280 0094
- NIWVK
- a first-letter sentence
- an acronym
- the letters make no word
- first letters as a word
- JFMA
- tell
- initials match the list
- True
- 179 176 373
- say it aloud often
- Ink
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