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 kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, owl, apple? (a) All Only Tiny (b) Tiny Only All (c) Only Tiny All (d) Only All Tiny
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “___ Vines Every Mice Jump Seven Up Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) Sing (c) Nani (d) My
- 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
- 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) violet (d) green
- 6.True or false: “chain” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
- 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 9.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) numbers and letter lists
- 10.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lazy Fly Rani (b) Fly Lazy Sing Rani (c) Rani Sing Lazy Fly (d) Sing Rani Lazy Fly
- 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 13.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) tree (d) rain
- 14.✏️ 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
- 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, kite, rope? (a) Kites Red Wet (b) Red Kites Wet (c) Wet Kites Red (d) Kites Wet Red
- 17.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) cake (d) bell
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, kettle, ice cream? (a) Kites Ink Up (b) Kites Up Ink (c) Up Kites Ink (d) Ink Kites Up
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mice All Jump (b) All Mice Fly Jump (c) Jump Fly Mice All (d) Fly Jump Mice All
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, ball, vase? (a) All Big Vans (b) Big Vans All (c) Big All Vans (d) Vans Big All
- 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
- 22.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) you like spelling (d) the list is short
- 23.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 1 and 947
- 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) plane (b) bright (c) lock (d) wake
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
- 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Play Aunty (b) Aunty Play Love Eat (c) Eat Love Play Aunty (d) Love Play Aunty Eat
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 413835382202. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1438 3538 2202 (b) 4138 3538 220 (c) 4138 3538 2202 (d) 4413 8353 82202
- 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
- 30.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
- 31.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for orange, wallet, rope, ladder is “Owls ___ Red Lazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Wise (c) Nani (d) Uncle
- 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
- 34.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
- 35.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) king (d) cake
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, flute, jeep, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFJG (b) FUJG (c) GJFU (d) FJGU
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, tent, van? (a) Vans Tiny Under (b) Tiny Under Vans (c) Under Tiny Vans (d) Tiny Vans Under
- 38.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) king (b) bell (c) sun (d) cake
- 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
- 40.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- chunking
- Tiny Only All
- My
- what each letter means
- violet
- False
- ECPC
- chunking
- numbers and letter lists
- True
- Rani Sing Lazy Fly
- a first-letter sentence
- rain
- a silly, funny one
- a rhyme
- Wet Kites Red
- cake
- Up Kites Ink
- Jump Fly Mice All
- All Big Vans
- one word holds a list
- the letters make no word
- 19 and 47
- lock
- AANSAEA
- flower
- Eat Love Play Aunty
- 4138 3538 2202
- evaporation
- the rainbow colours
- False
- Wise
- MVEMJSUN
- April
- king
- UFJG
- Under Tiny Vans
- bell
- Neptune
- True
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