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.🔤 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
- 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern
- 3.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 1 and 947
- 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) indigo
- 5.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) sun (d) cake
- 6.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 198508353. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 985 083 53 (b) 198 508 353 (c) 198 850 8353 (d) 189 508 353
- 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, owl, candle, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPCJ (b) OCJP (c) POCJ (d) JCOP
- 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) indigo (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 827347232140. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8273 4723 2140 (b) 8237 4723 2140 (c) 8273 7232 140 (d) 8273 4723 32140
- 12.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 14.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 276541954347. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2765 4195 4347 (b) 2765 4915 4347 (c) 2765 4195 43477 (d) 2765 4195 347
- 16.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, lemon, kettle? (a) Kites Lions Sing (b) Lions Kites Sing (c) Sing Lions Kites (d) Lions Sing Kites
- 19.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
- 20.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) is very long (c) has no pattern (d) changes daily
- 21.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) bell (d) cake
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Silly Rani (b) Silly Love Funny Rani (c) Silly Rani Love Funny (d) Rani Silly Love Funny
- 23.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) there is no list (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, drum, igloo? (a) Ink Dogs Wise (b) Dogs Wise Ink (c) Wise Dogs Ink (d) Dogs Ink Wise
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) cane (b) lane (c) brain (d) block
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 5971878564. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 597 187 8564 (b) 597 178 8564 (c) 571 878 564 (d) 597 187 78564
- 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for shoe, fan, duck, lamp, anchor is “Silly Funny Dad Love ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kids (b) Pigs (c) Ants (d) Very
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 635197934259. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6351 9793 4259 (b) 6351 9793 34259 (c) 6351 7934 259 (d) 6351 9973 4259
- 30.📅 The digits 12121989 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 121/219/89 (b) 12/12/1989 (c) 12/1219/89 (d) 1212/19/89
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 447324919. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 473 249 19 (b) 447 332 4919 (c) 447 324 199 (d) 447 324 919
- 32.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 9131931859. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 911 931 859 (b) 913 193 1859 (c) 991 319 31859 (d) 913 193 1895
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for parrot, monkey, spoon, bucket is “Play ___ Silly Big”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Red (c) Mice (d) Yum
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 152052774429. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1520 5277 44299 (b) 1205 2774 429 (c) 1520 5277 4429 (d) 1250 5277 4429
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eight Silly Wins (b) Wins Silly Eight Nani (c) Eight Silly Wins Nani (d) Eight Nani Silly Wins
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Runs Silly Lazy ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Yaks (c) Frogs (d) Ants
Answer key
- AANSAEA
- Southern
- 19 and 47
- indigo
- sun
- pupa
- 198 508 353
- in the same order
- POCJ
- green
- 8273 4723 2140
- True
- a first-letter sentence
- one word holds a list
- 2765 4195 4347
- the rainbow colours
- NESW
- Sing Lions Kites
- an acronym
- means something to you
- rain
- Rani Silly Love Funny
- the letters make no word
- Wise Dogs Ink
- block
- 597 187 8564
- a rhyme
- Ants
- 6351 9793 4259
- 12/12/1989
- 447 324 919
- False
- False
- PAISA
- 913 193 1859
- Mice
- a silly, funny one
- 1520 5277 4429
- Nani Eight Silly Wins
- Frogs
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students