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 “bell”? (a) shake (b) shell (c) sing (d) shock
- 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 3.📅 The digits 17031956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 17/0319/56 (b) 17/03/1956 (c) 170/319/56 (d) 1703/19/56
- 4.True or false: “cane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 2242440010. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 224 224 40010 (b) 224 244 0010 (c) 222 440 010 (d) 242 244 0010
- 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Play Cats (c) Crazy Play Cats Eat (d) Crazy Eat Play Cats
- 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Ink ___ Goats Yum Owls Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Young (b) Bakes (c) Wet (d) Kites
- 11.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
- 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Ice Big Grab ___ Owls Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tiny (b) Only (c) Play (d) Yaks
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for banana, tomato, guava, frog is “___ Tiny Grab Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Seven (c) Goats (d) Big
- 16.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) rain (d) tree
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a very long one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 103651838. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 103 651 838 (b) 103 615 838 (c) 103 658 38 (d) 103 651 8388
- 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 21.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
- 22.📅 The digits 14061977 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 140/619/77 (b) 14/06/1977 (c) 1406/19/77 (d) 14/0619/77
- 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) wing (b) sell (c) cane (d) rake
- 24.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) spell (b) won (c) snake (d) bright
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, inkpot, umbrella, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKUF (b) IUFK (c) KIUF (d) FUIK
- 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Fly Rani (b) Fly Love Sing Rani (c) Sing Rani Love Fly (d) Rani Sing Love Fly
- 29.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 194 and 7
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
- 31.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
- 33.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) tree (d) bell
- 34.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 35.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) Australia (c) Europe (d) Africa
- 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 37.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “string” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
Answer key
- shell
- chunking
- 17/03/1956
- True
- the rainbow colours
- 224 244 0010
- MVEMJSUN
- Eat Crazy Play Cats
- a rhyme
- Bakes
- False
- True
- April
- Yaks
- Big
- king
- a silly, funny one
- 103 651 838
- an acronym
- a rhyme
- flower
- 14/06/1977
- sell
- a first-letter sentence
- bright
- KIUF
- ELPA
- Rani Sing Love Fly
- 19 and 47
- in the same order
- False
- PAISA
- cake
- chunking
- North America
- a rhyme
- False
- False
- False
- 4
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