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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Funny Mum Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Aunty (c) Jeeps (d) Crazy
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, glass, jeep? (a) Goats Jolly Vines (b) Vines Goats Jolly (c) Jolly Goats Vines (d) Goats Vines Jolly
- 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
- 4.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) backwards (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
- 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, pillow, igloo? (a) Pigs Ink Cook (b) Ink Pigs Cook (c) Cook Pigs Ink (d) Pigs Cook Ink
- 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
- 11.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
- 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 3544836609. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 354 483 669 (b) 354 483 6609 (c) 354 448 36609 (d) 345 483 6609
- 14.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump My Aunty (b) Jump Frogs My Aunty (c) Aunty My Frogs Jump (d) Frogs My Aunty Jump
- 16.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 17.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) lake (b) lock (c) thing (d) kite
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
- 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every ___ Pigs Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Ink (c) Lions (d) Goats
- 21.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
- 22.True or false: “string” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 25.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 232179331807. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2321 7933 1807 (b) 2322 1793 31807 (c) 2217 9331 807 (d) 2321 7931 3807
- 27.True or false: “main” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) sun (d) clock
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, goat, candle? (a) Dogs Goats Cook (b) Goats Cook Dogs (c) Cook Goats Dogs (d) Goats Dogs Cook
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) ton (b) three (c) bite (d) smell
- 32.📅 The digits 20092003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 200/920/03 (b) 20/09/2003 (c) 2009/20/03 (d) 20/0920/03
- 33.📅 The digits 26021986 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/02/1986 (b) 26/0219/86 (c) 260/219/86 (d) 2602/19/86
- 34.🔤 “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
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, fan, ant? (a) Kids Funny Aunty (b) Funny Kids Aunty (c) Funny Aunty Kids (d) Aunty Funny Kids
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 151981243091. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1519 8124 3091 (b) 1519 1824 3091 (c) 1151 9812 43091 (d) 1198 1243 091
- 37.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 38.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
- 39.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
- 40.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- Jeeps
- Vines Goats Jolly
- a list in a fixed order
- 3
- Saturn
- in the same order
- the rainbow colours
- Cook Pigs Ink
- one word holds a list
- a silly, funny one
- AANSAEA
- a first-letter sentence
- 354 483 6609
- a first-letter sentence
- Jump Frogs My Aunty
- initials match the list
- 6
- thing
- RSLF
- Lions
- egg
- False
- what each letter means
- a rhyme
- True
- 2321 7933 1807
- False
- tree
- Dogs Goats Cook
- VIBGYOR
- bite
- 20/09/2003
- 26/02/1986
- saffron
- Kids Funny Aunty
- 1519 8124 3091
- 5
- flower
- chunking
- True
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