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) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
- 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) write (c) say (d) know
- 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
- 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
- 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
- 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, violin, needle, onion, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VNOJF (b) JONVF (c) VFNOJ (d) FVNOJ
- 9.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) king (c) bell (d) clock
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Eat Seven Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Mice (c) Cats (d) Wise
- 12.True or false: “plane” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 742203773. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 742 203 7773 (b) 742 203 773 (c) 742 230 773 (d) 742 037 73
- 14.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) bell (d) clock
- 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 4316316816. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 431 631 816 (b) 341 631 6816 (c) 431 631 16816 (d) 431 631 6816
- 17.📅 The digits 12111957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 121/119/57 (b) 12/1119/57 (c) 1211/19/57 (d) 12/11/1957
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 235022974436. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2350 2297 443 (b) 2350 2297 4436 (c) 2350 2229 74436 (d) 2350 2297 4463
- 19.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 20.📅 The digits 01122018 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0112/20/18 (b) 011/220/18 (c) 01/12/2018 (d) 01/1220/18
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, duck, orange, guava, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDOGA (b) DPOGA (c) AGODP (d) DOGAP
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Eat Nani (b) Eat Seven Wise Nani (c) Eat Nani Seven Wise (d) Nani Eat Seven Wise
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 874023881. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 840 238 81 (b) 877 402 3881 (c) 874 023 881 (d) 847 023 881
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 3091897199. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 309 189 7199 (b) 309 189 799 (c) 309 189 1799 (d) 309 189 97199
- 25.🎵 Which word does “well” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) clock (c) bell (d) cake
- 26.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 27.📅 The digits 22041986 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2204/19/86 (b) 22/0419/86 (c) 220/419/86 (d) 22/04/1986
- 28.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) is very long (d) has no pattern
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 31.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
- 32.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tell (b) run (c) well (d) shell
- 34.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 671282889. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 712 828 89 (b) 671 282 889 (c) 671 282 898 (d) 667 128 2889
- 37.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) never say it (c) read it once silently (d) change it each day
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for lamp, violin, coconut, guava, banana is “Lions Vans Cook Goats ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Ants (c) Ink (d) Big
- 39.📅 The digits 09081950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 090/819/50 (b) 0908/19/50 (c) 09/0819/50 (d) 09/08/1950
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
Answer key
- AANSAEA
- know
- the rainbow colours
- first letters as a word
- March
- a rhyme
- an acronym
- FVNOJ
- True
- king
- Nine
- False
- 742 203 773
- clock
- an acronym
- 431 631 6816
- 12/11/1957
- 2350 2297 4436
- the letters make no word
- 01/12/2018
- PDOGA
- Nani Eat Seven Wise
- 874 023 881
- 309 189 7199
- bell
- one word holds a list
- 22/04/1986
- means something to you
- PAISA
- in the same order
- a first-letter sentence
- 8
- run
- True
- False
- 671 282 889
- say it aloud often
- Big
- 09/08/1950
- MVEMJSUN
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