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.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) you like spelling (d) there is no list
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pigs Love Eight (b) Love Eight Pigs All (c) Love Pigs All Eight (d) Eight Love Pigs All
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, duck, orange? (a) Dad Very Only (b) Dad Only Very (c) Only Dad Very (d) Very Dad Only
- 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
- 6.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
- 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, glass, tent, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTGO (b) GOTB (c) GTBO (d) OGTB
- 9.🎵 Which word does “snake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) rain (d) king
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mice Funny Jump (b) Funny Mice Ants Jump (c) Jump Funny Mice Ants (d) Funny Jump Mice Ants
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 710534093577. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7053 4093 577 (b) 7105 3409 3577 (c) 7105 4309 3577 (d) 7110 5340 93577
- 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
- 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
- 15.📅 The digits 21101978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2110/19/78 (b) 21/10/1978 (c) 211/019/78 (d) 21/1019/78
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice ___ Eat My Jeeps Silly Up Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Vans (c) Play (d) Big
- 17.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
- 19.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) fun (b) snake (c) ring (d) lane
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) ton (c) train (d) fun
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) three (b) run (c) thing (d) smell
- 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 23.True or false: “spring” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) know (c) say (d) write
- 25.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
- 26.True or false: “make” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 27.📅 The digits 03091988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0309/19/88 (b) 03/0919/88 (c) 03/09/1988 (d) 030/919/88
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3240379365. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 324 039 7365 (b) 324 037 9365 (c) 324 037 935 (d) 332 403 79365
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 226672255. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 226 672 255 (b) 262 672 255 (c) 226 667 2255 (d) 226 672 55
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) one (c) star (d) planet
- 31.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 1092051138. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 109 205 113 (b) 109 205 1183 (c) 109 205 1138 (d) 109 205 51138
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 2352960442. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 232 596 0442 (b) 232 960 442 (c) 235 229 60442 (d) 235 296 0442
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eight Nani (b) Nani Eight Sing Wise (c) Eight Nani Sing Wise (d) Eight Sing Wise Nani
- 35.📅 The digits 07051998 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0705/19/98 (b) 07/0519/98 (c) 070/519/98 (d) 07/05/1998
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 624205313. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 624 205 31 (b) 624 205 313 (c) 622 420 5313 (d) 624 205 331
- 37.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) a beat or a tune (b) writing it tiny (c) no rhythm at all (d) saying it once quietly
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, shoe, ice cream? (a) Kites Sing Inside (b) Sing Kites Inside (c) Inside Sing Kites (d) Sing Inside Kites
- 39.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) sun (d) night
- 40.📅 The digits 05052012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0505/20/12 (b) 050/520/12 (c) 05/0520/12 (d) 05/05/2012
Answer key
- the letters make no word
- Eight Love Pigs All
- Very Dad Only
- chunking
- ELPA
- initials match the list
- Mars
- OGTB
- cake
- Jump Funny Mice Ants
- 7105 3409 3577
- first letters as a word
- RSLF
- MVEMJSUN
- 21/10/1978
- Vans
- 2
- SWG
- fun
- train
- run
- a first-letter sentence
- False
- know
- the rainbow colours
- True
- 03/09/1988
- 324 037 9365
- 226 672 255
- one
- False
- 109 205 1138
- 235 296 0442
- Nani Eight Sing Wise
- 07/05/1998
- 624 205 313
- a beat or a tune
- Kites Sing Inside
- cake
- 05/05/2012
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