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.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
- 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) write (c) learn (d) say
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
- 6.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
- 7.📅 The digits 27021960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/02/1960 (b) 270/219/60 (c) 27/0219/60 (d) 2702/19/60
- 8.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) run (c) lock (d) ton
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lions Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Lions Eat (c) Lions Eat Pigs Aunty (d) Lions Pigs Aunty Eat
- 11.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Very Every Mice Jolly Silly ___ Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Under (c) Bunny (d) Very
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, pencil, watch? (a) Uncle Pigs Wet (b) Wet Pigs Uncle (c) Pigs Wet Uncle (d) Pigs Uncle Wet
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink All Every (b) All Pink Love Every (c) Every Love Pink All (d) Love Every Pink All
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) one (c) spell (d) fun
- 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
- 20.📅 The digits 24051990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/05/1990 (b) 240/519/90 (c) 24/0519/90 (d) 2405/19/90
- 21.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, pencil, sock, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASPO (b) POSA (c) PSAO (d) OPSA
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Play Lions Every (b) Lions Every Play Ants (c) Every Lions Play Ants (d) Lions Play Ants Every
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
- 27.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ladder, nest, duck, shoe is “___ Nine Dance Silly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Only (b) Yaks (c) Wet (d) Lions
- 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, lemon, kite? (a) Love Kids Play (b) Love Play Kids (c) Play Love Kids (d) Kids Love Play
- 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
- 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
- 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) indigo (d) green
- 34.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 701754185. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 071 754 185 (b) 717 541 85 (c) 701 754 185 (d) 770 175 4185
- 36.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it is printed bigger (c) it has fewer digits (d) three chunks, not ten
- 37.📅 The digits 12052023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 120/520/23 (b) 12/0520/23 (c) 1205/20/23 (d) 12/05/2023
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, drum, inkpot? (a) Dad Owls Ink (b) Ink Dad Owls (c) Dad Ink Owls (d) Owls Dad Ink
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 220003430290. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2200 0034 30290 (b) 2200 3430 290 (c) 2200 0343 0290 (d) 2200 0340 3290
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
Answer key
- True
- 5
- SWG
- know
- AANSAEA
- initials match the list
- 27/02/1960
- what each letter means
- lock
- Eat Lions Pigs Aunty
- True
- a first-letter sentence
- Under
- Uncle Pigs Wet
- Every Love Pink All
- spell
- a rhyme
- VIBGYOR
- JFMA
- 24/05/1990
- the rainbow colours
- chunking
- root
- OPSA
- Every Lions Play Ants
- a silly, funny one
- 2
- Lions
- larva
- Play Love Kids
- north
- egg
- indigo
- one word holds a list
- 701 754 185
- three chunks, not ten
- 12/05/2023
- Owls Dad Ink
- 2200 0343 0290
- RSLF
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