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 must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in the same order (c) backwards (d) in any order
- 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Neptune
- 3.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) there is no list (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
- 4.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, van, ladder, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VLOD (b) DVLO (c) VDLO (d) OLVD
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 906830036. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 906 830 36 (b) 906 883 0036 (c) 906 830 036 (d) 096 830 036
- 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
- 8.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 9.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) clock (d) bell
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, tomato, vase? (a) Tea Very Jolly (b) Jolly Tea Very (c) Tea Jolly Very (d) Very Tea Jolly
- 11.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) know (c) write (d) learn
- 12.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for key, van, whistle, tiger is “___ Vans Wise Toys”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Owls (c) Dogs (d) Yaks
- 14.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) snake (b) bun (c) train (d) kite
- 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
- 17.📅 The digits 15111960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1511/19/60 (b) 151/119/60 (c) 15/11/1960 (d) 15/1119/60
- 18.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, drum, net? (a) Ice Dance Nani (b) Dance Nani Ice (c) Nani Dance Ice (d) Dance Ice Nani
- 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) cane (b) key (c) bake (d) shake
- 21.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 22.📅 The digits 15112019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/1120/19 (b) 151/120/19 (c) 15/11/2019 (d) 1511/20/19
- 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 24.🔤 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
- 25.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) cane (c) bake (d) shake
- 27.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 28.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) never say it (c) change it each day (d) read it once silently
- 30.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) rain (d) clock
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, net, lamp, tiger, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNLTV (b) NLTVG (c) NGLTV (d) VTLNG
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Cook Pigs (b) Cook Every Pigs Cook (c) Every Cook Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Cook Every
- 33.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs All Eight (b) Eight Lions Pigs All (c) All Pigs Lions Eight (d) Lions Eight Pigs All
- 36.🧰 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
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 38.🎵 Which word does “write” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) sun (d) rain
- 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Venus
- 40.📅 The digits 15032007 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1503/20/07 (b) 150/320/07 (c) 15/03/2007 (d) 15/0320/07
Answer key
- in the same order
- Uranus
- the letters make no word
- white
- DVLO
- 906 830 036
- the rainbow colours
- 2
- clock
- Jolly Tea Very
- know
- False
- Kind
- leaf
- snake
- JFMA
- 15/11/1960
- True
- Ice Dance Nani
- cane
- 6
- 15/11/2019
- an acronym
- ECPC
- True
- cane
- 4
- False
- say it aloud often
- night
- GNLTV
- Every Cook Pigs Cook
- a list in a fixed order
- PAISA
- Eight Lions Pigs All
- a first-letter sentence
- an acronym
- night
- Venus
- 15/03/2007
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