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 does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) free (c) knee (d) sea
- 2.True or false: “sock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
- 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
- 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) pupa (d) larva
- 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) known (c) true (d) right
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 412958261213. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4129 5826 12113 (b) 4129 5826 2113 (c) 4129 5821 213 (d) 4129 5826 1213
- 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) done (b) brain (c) write (d) wake
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
- 11.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) egg (d) adult
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Play Cook (b) Cook Every Play Cook (c) Cook Play Cook Every (d) Every Cook Cook Play
- 13.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps My Ants (b) Frogs My Ants Jeeps (c) Ants My Frogs Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs My Ants
- 15.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it is a smaller number (c) it has fewer digits (d) three chunks, not ten
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cats Every (b) Crazy Every Play Cats (c) Cats Play Crazy Every (d) Every Crazy Play Cats
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 147652940225. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1476 5294 0225 (b) 4765 2940 225 (c) 1746 5294 0225 (d) 1476 5229 40225
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, duck, shoe? (a) Seven Dance Pigs (b) Dance Pigs Seven (c) Pigs Dance Seven (d) Dance Seven Pigs
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 3258848965. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 325 888 48965 (b) 325 884 8965 (c) 325 884 895 (d) 325 848 8965
- 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
- 21.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, lemon, tomato, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGTS (b) GLTS (c) STLG (d) LTSG
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, drum, frog, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFDJ (b) DJFS (c) DFSJ (d) JDFS
- 25.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for parrot, igloo, drum, cat, radio is “Play Inside Dance Cook ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Cats (c) Big (d) Love
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Vans ___ My Jeeps Silly Uncle Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) All (c) Wise (d) Old
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) free (b) chain (c) plane (d) fight
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 6928634514. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 669 286 34514 (b) 692 836 4514 (c) 692 863 514 (d) 692 863 4514
- 30.📅 The digits 16011980 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1601/19/80 (b) 16/01/1980 (c) 16/0119/80 (d) 160/119/80
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) sock (c) lock (d) rock
- 32.📅 The digits 10021970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/0219/70 (b) 10/02/1970 (c) 1002/19/70 (d) 100/219/70
- 33.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Funny Red (b) Red Sing Love Funny (c) Sing Red Love Funny (d) Funny Love Sing Red
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, lemon, drum, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALDW (b) LDWA (c) LADW (d) WDLA
- 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Funny Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Funny Jump (c) Funny Mum Aunty Jump (d) Funny Jump Mum Aunty
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 920504860. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 920 508 460 (b) 920 504 860 (c) 920 548 60 (d) 922 050 4860
- 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Australia (c) North America (d) Asia
- 40.📅 The digits 13021991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1302/19/91 (b) 13/02/1991 (c) 130/219/91 (d) 13/0219/91
Answer key
- ring
- True
- VIBGYOR
- chunking
- adult
- true
- 4129 5826 1213
- False
- write
- AANSAEA
- egg
- Every Cook Play Cook
- saffron
- Jeeps Frogs My Ants
- three chunks, not ten
- Every Crazy Play Cats
- 1476 5294 0225
- Pigs Dance Seven
- 325 884 8965
- ELPA
- 5
- an acronym
- GLTS
- JDFS
- south
- Rani
- Eat
- fight
- 692 863 4514
- 16/01/1980
- bite
- 10/02/1970
- a memory trick
- Red Sing Love Funny
- ALDW
- chunking
- Jump Funny Mum Aunty
- 920 504 860
- Europe
- 13/02/1991
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