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 acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
- 3.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, doll, monkey, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMDU (b) UDMP (c) DMPU (d) DUMP
- 5.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jump Funny ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Old (c) Pigs (d) Mum
- 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lazy Eight (b) Lazy Eight Play Aunty (c) Lazy Play Aunty Eight (d) Eight Lazy Play Aunty
- 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) right (c) known (d) true
- 10.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, bucket, cat? (a) Bunny Cook Funny (b) Bunny Funny Cook (c) Funny Bunny Cook (d) Cook Bunny Funny
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) white (b) lock (c) well (d) block
- 13.📅 The digits 05011973 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 050/119/73 (b) 0501/19/73 (c) 05/01/1973 (d) 05/0119/73
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 375508331. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 355 083 31 (b) 375 508 331 (c) 375 508 8331 (d) 375 580 331
- 15.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
- 16.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Rani Seven ___ Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Inside (b) Ants (c) Jump (d) Lazy
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
- 19.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
- 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
- 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
- 22.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) clock (d) night
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 376195869299. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3716 9586 9299 (b) 3761 9586 9299 (c) 3761 9569 299 (d) 3761 9586 92999
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Seven Lions Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Ice (c) Rani (d) My
- 25.✏️ 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
- 26.📅 The digits 08071982 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/719/82 (b) 08/07/1982 (c) 08/0719/82 (d) 0807/19/82
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cats Eight (b) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (c) Eight Cats Pigs Cook (d) Cats Eight Pigs Cook
- 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
- 29.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 234549289617. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2345 4992 89617 (b) 2345 4928 9617 (c) 2345 4928 617 (d) 2345 4982 9617
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Ice Bunny Goats Young ___ Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eight (b) Wins (c) Aunty (d) Owls
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Very Eat Mum Jolly ___ Under Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tiny (b) All (c) Dogs (d) Sing
- 33.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) writing it tiny (c) a beat or a tune (d) no rhythm at all
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rope, vase, drum, fan, tomato is “Red Vans Dance ___ Tea”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Jolly (c) Dad (d) Runs
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) brain (b) smell (c) sock (d) chain
- 36.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) night (d) tree
- 37.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
- 38.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, shoe, bucket, vase, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSBVR (b) RVBSG (c) SBVRG (d) SGBVR
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Love Every (b) Love Every Pink Aunty (c) Every Love Pink Aunty (d) Love Pink Aunty Every
Answer key
- AANSAEA
- in the same order
- flower
- UDMP
- what each letter means
- Mum
- Venus
- Eight Lazy Play Aunty
- true
- 8
- Funny Bunny Cook
- well
- 05/01/1973
- 375 508 331
- splitting into groups
- False
- Lazy
- JFMA
- a rhyme
- ELPA
- March
- cake
- 3761 9586 9299
- Rani
- the letters make no word
- 08/07/1982
- Eight Cats Pigs Cook
- SWG
- True
- 2345 4928 9617
- Owls
- Sing
- a beat or a tune
- Funny
- sock
- sun
- means something to you
- the rainbow colours
- GSBVR
- Every Love Pink Aunty
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