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 word rhymes with “sun”? (a) make (b) string (c) thing (d) bun
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) main (b) bright (c) cane (d) lane
- 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Earth
- 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 5.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 6.📅 The digits 06101985 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/1019/85 (b) 06/10/1985 (c) 061/019/85 (d) 0610/19/85
- 7.📅 The digits 11081962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/0819/62 (b) 1108/19/62 (c) 110/819/62 (d) 11/08/1962
- 8.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) 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 is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Silly Lazy Funny (b) Funny Lazy Silly Runs (c) Silly Lazy Funny Runs (d) Silly Runs Lazy Funny
- 14.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) saying it backwards (c) writing it twice (d) reading very fast
- 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) block (b) rock (c) knee (d) lock
- 16.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
- 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, candle, parrot? (a) Very Cats Pink (b) Cats Very Pink (c) Cats Pink Very (d) Pink Cats Very
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, ice cream, umbrella, needle, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IUNTW (b) TNUIW (c) WIUNT (d) IWUNT
- 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
- 22.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 345758459. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 345 758 459 (b) 345 584 59 (c) 345 775 8459 (d) 354 758 459
- 24.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
- 25.📅 The digits 16041990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 16/0419/90 (b) 16/04/1990 (c) 1604/19/90 (d) 160/419/90
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Green (b) Wise Green Seven (c) Wise Seven Green (d) Green Wise Seven
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, watch, apple, doll, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WADRN (b) NWADR (c) WNADR (d) RDAWN
- 28.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Crazy Pigs (b) Crazy Eight Pigs Crazy (c) Eight Crazy Pigs Crazy (d) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eight
- 30.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) writing it tiny (c) saying it once quietly (d) a beat or a tune
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) sing (c) wing (d) thing
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 112800211164. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1128 0021 114 (b) 1112 8002 11164 (c) 1182 0021 1164 (d) 1128 0021 1164
- 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, drum, fan? (a) Fly Dogs Ants (b) Ants Dogs Fly (c) Dogs Ants Fly (d) Dogs Fly Ants
- 35.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
- 36.📅 The digits 25021995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2502/19/95 (b) 25/0219/95 (c) 250/219/95 (d) 25/02/1995
- 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
- 38.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) free (c) fast (d) long
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 962890145321. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9628 9014 5321 (b) 9628 9014 531 (c) 9628 9014 5312 (d) 9662 8901 45321
- 40.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) king (d) rain
Answer key
- bun
- bright
- Neptune
- an acronym
- False
- 06/10/1985
- 11/08/1962
- True
- False
- 8
- 19 and 47
- ECPC
- Runs Silly Lazy Funny
- splitting into groups
- knee
- means something to you
- February
- RSLF
- Very Cats Pink
- WIUNT
- PAISA
- initials match the list
- 345 758 459
- condensation
- 16/04/1990
- Seven Wise Green
- NWADR
- one word holds a list
- Eight Crazy Pigs Crazy
- a beat or a tune
- bee
- 1128 0021 1164
- saffron
- Ants Dogs Fly
- an acronym
- 25/02/1995
- leaf
- free
- 9628 9014 5321
- king
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