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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Vans Every My Jolly Silly ___ Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) My (b) Aunty (c) Cook (d) Uncle
- 3.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 722745068269. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2727 4506 8269 (b) 7722 7450 68269 (c) 7227 4506 8269 (d) 7274 5068 269
- 5.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 6.🧰 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
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
- 8.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
- 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 121540332334. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1215 4033 2334 (b) 1215 4033 23344 (c) 1214 5033 2334 (d) 1215 4033 233
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eight Cats Pink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yum (b) Eat (c) Wet (d) Cats
- 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 13.True or false: “white” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
- 15.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) bell (d) night
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, violin, ant? (a) Very Lions All (b) Lions Very All (c) All Very Lions (d) Very All Lions
- 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) songs (c) steps (d) tricks
- 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
- 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
- 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
- 21.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, shoe, umpire? (a) Ink Sing Uncle (b) Sing Ink Uncle (c) Sing Uncle Ink (d) Uncle Sing Ink
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, mirror, sock? (a) Silly Mum Dance (b) Mum Silly Dance (c) Dance Mum Silly (d) Mum Dance Silly
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 8259691151. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 825 969 91151 (b) 825 969 1151 (c) 825 699 1151 (d) 825 969 111
- 25.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
- 26.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) tree (c) cake (d) sun
- 27.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) chunking
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 296936550. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 296 936 50 (b) 296 396 550 (c) 296 936 6550 (d) 296 936 550
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 607374989. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 607 374 98 (b) 670 374 989 (c) 607 374 9889 (d) 607 374 989
- 30.📅 The digits 26032002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/03/2002 (b) 26/0320/02 (c) 2603/20/02 (d) 260/320/02
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump My Ants (b) Ants My Fly Jump (c) Fly My Ants Jump (d) Jump Fly My Ants
- 32.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a list of numbers (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a very long word
- 33.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
- 34.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only pictures (d) nothing at all
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Every Nine (c) Every Sing Wise Nine (d) Nine Every Sing Wise
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) lock (b) wing (c) sell (d) cane
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum All Jeeps (b) Funny Jeeps Mum All (c) All Mum Funny Jeeps (d) Jeeps Funny Mum All
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cook Eat (b) Eat Cook Pink Crazy (c) Cook Eat Pink Crazy (d) Cook Pink Crazy Eat
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eat ___ Pigs Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Pigs (c) Lions (d) Wet
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
Answer key
- condensation
- Uncle
- True
- 7227 4506 8269
- 2
- a first-letter sentence
- a silly, funny one
- a memory trick
- a rhyme
- 1215 4033 2334
- Cats
- an acronym
- False
- stem
- king
- Lions Very All
- tricks
- adult
- February
- VIBGYOR
- 8
- Ink Sing Uncle
- Dance Mum Silly
- 825 969 1151
- chunking
- cake
- a rhyme
- 296 936 550
- 607 374 989
- 26/03/2002
- Jump Fly My Ants
- initials match the list
- what each letter means
- numbers and letter lists
- Nine Every Sing Wise
- sell
- Jeeps Funny Mum All
- Eat Cook Pink Crazy
- Lions
- SWG
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students