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 kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 2.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, inkpot, apple, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JAIB (b) IAJB (c) BIAJ (d) IBAJ
- 5.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is a smaller number (c) it is printed bigger (d) three chunks, not ten
- 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) known (c) clear (d) true
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) spring (b) shock (c) chain (d) swing
- 8.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
- 9.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) run (b) thing (c) well (d) kite
- 12.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) numbers and letter lists
- 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) lake (c) train (d) make
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 137014001. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 137 104 001 (b) 137 014 0001 (c) 137 140 01 (d) 137 014 001
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, candle, mirror, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMSI (b) CIMS (c) SMCI (d) ICMS
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 203097299. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 203 097 299 (b) 030 972 99 (c) 023 097 299 (d) 203 097 2999
- 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) well (c) won (d) ton
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Every Neat (b) Every Seven Wet Neat (c) Every Neat Seven Wet (d) Neat Every Seven Wet
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lane (b) one (c) train (d) main
- 21.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) tree (d) clock
- 22.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they are longer (c) they need no practice (d) sound patterns stick
- 23.True or false: “won” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, van, fan, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFVI (b) IVFB (c) VFBI (d) VIFB
- 26.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 596657092. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 596 665 7092 (b) 596 567 092 (c) 596 657 092 (d) 596 650 92
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Fly My Ants (b) Ants My Fly Jolly (c) Fly Jolly My Ants (d) Fly My Ants Jolly
- 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 31.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 5438973536. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 543 897 3356 (b) 438 973 536 (c) 543 897 3536 (d) 543 889 73536
- 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Saturn
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 337432449. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 337 432 449 (b) 374 324 49 (c) 333 743 2449 (d) 334 732 449
- 35.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) night (d) cake
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for vase, nest, goat, pencil is “Very ___ Grab Pigs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Ink (c) Cook (d) Nine
- 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, monkey, onion, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMOB (b) MFOB (c) MOBF (d) BOMF
- 38.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
- 39.📅 The digits 07081970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 070/819/70 (b) 07/08/1970 (c) 07/0819/70 (d) 0708/19/70
- 40.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
Answer key
- chunking
- True
- one word holds a list
- BIAJ
- three chunks, not ten
- true
- shock
- splitting into groups
- 6
- ELPA
- well
- numbers and letter lists
- an acronym
- train
- 137 014 001
- ICMS
- 203 097 299
- well
- Neat Every Seven Wet
- one
- tree
- sound patterns stick
- False
- RSLF
- IVFB
- True
- VIBGYOR
- 596 657 092
- Jolly Fly My Ants
- chunking
- 3
- 543 897 3536
- Earth
- 337 432 449
- rain
- Nine
- FMOB
- April
- 07/08/1970
- 2
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