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) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, ladder, glass? (a) Green Lazy Wise (b) Lazy Wise Green (c) Wise Lazy Green (d) Lazy Green Wise
- 3.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shock (b) rock (c) cane (d) shell
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ant, tomato, spoon, lemon, duck is “Aunty Tiny Seven ___ Dad”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) Pigs (c) Lions (d) Inside
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, fan, rope, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSRA (b) ARFS (c) FRAS (d) SFRA
- 6.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
- 7.📅 The digits 11031981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/319/81 (b) 11/03/1981 (c) 11/0319/81 (d) 1103/19/81
- 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 10.📅 The digits 15021959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/0219/59 (b) 150/219/59 (c) 1502/19/59 (d) 15/02/1959
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sell (b) well (c) run (d) tell
- 12.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
- 14.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
- 16.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) cold (c) long (d) free
- 17.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) wing (c) ring (d) spell
- 19.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) cake (d) clock
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, rope, key, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKRF (b) RKPF (c) FRKP (d) RFKP
- 21.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) night (d) bell
- 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 23.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ice Bunny Goats Young Owls ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Red (b) Dad (c) Cook (d) Fly
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eight Sing Wins (b) Eight Sing Wins Nani (c) Wins Sing Eight Nani (d) Eight Nani Sing Wins
- 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) thing (b) run (c) bee (d) lake
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) ton (c) rock (d) bun
- 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, bucket, owl? (a) Big Owls Play (b) Play Big Owls (c) Big Play Owls (d) Owls Big Play
- 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) leaf (d) flower
- 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, frog, ladder, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLFC (b) CFLK (c) FCLK (d) FLKC
- 34.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) sun (d) bell
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
- 36.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) cake (d) rain
- 37.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) cake (d) rain
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 39.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 194 and 7
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eight ___ Play All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Sing (c) All (d) Big
Answer key
- what each letter means
- Wise Lazy Green
- cane
- Lions
- SFRA
- the letters make no word
- 11/03/1981
- False
- False
- 15/02/1959
- run
- 7
- a memory trick
- white
- MVEMJSUN
- free
- False
- spell
- bell
- FRKP
- night
- an acronym
- False
- Red
- Nani Eight Sing Wins
- lake
- rock
- Mercury
- Play Big Owls
- flower
- False
- one word holds a list
- CFLK
- sun
- VIBGYOR
- bell
- cake
- chunking
- 19 and 47
- Lions
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