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.True or false: “string” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) rain (d) cake
- 3.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 7145912245. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 711 459 12245 (b) 714 591 2425 (c) 714 912 245 (d) 714 591 2245
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) right (c) true (d) known
- 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) red
- 8.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 9.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
- 10.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, frog, goat? (a) Frogs Vines Green (b) Frogs Green Vines (c) Green Frogs Vines (d) Vines Frogs Green
- 13.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 15.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Antarctica (c) North America (d) Europe
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, bucket, kite? (a) Kind Bakes Crazy (b) Bakes Crazy Kind (c) Bakes Kind Crazy (d) Crazy Bakes Kind
- 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) February (d) January
- 18.📅 The digits 22042023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/420/23 (b) 22/0420/23 (c) 22/04/2023 (d) 2204/20/23
- 19.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 20.📅 The digits 15102015 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 151/020/15 (b) 15/1020/15 (c) 15/10/2015 (d) 1510/20/15
- 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 161881853497. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1618 8158 3497 (b) 1618 8118 53497 (c) 1618 8185 3497 (d) 6188 1853 497
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 566184394. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 566 183 494 (b) 661 843 94 (c) 566 184 3994 (d) 566 184 394
- 25.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, ant, tiger, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATIC (b) ITAC (c) ACTI (d) CATI
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lazy Every (b) Lazy Play Aunty Every (c) Lazy Every Play Aunty (d) Every Lazy Play Aunty
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Inside Big Green ___ Owls Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Eat (c) Grab (d) Yum
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for apple, cat, vase, spoon is “Aunty Crazy Very ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lazy (b) Runs (c) All (d) Silly
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, drum, needle? (a) Dogs Tiny Nine (b) Nine Dogs Tiny (c) Dogs Nine Tiny (d) Tiny Dogs Nine
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
- 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) rock (b) fun (c) cane (d) free
- 33.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
- 34.True or false: “spell” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 36.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) rain (d) clock
- 37.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
- 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Neptune
- 40.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
Answer key
- False
- sun
- True
- 714 591 2245
- MVEMJSUN
- true
- orange
- False
- the letters make no word
- False
- the rainbow colours
- Vines Frogs Green
- True
- an acronym
- North America
- Crazy Bakes Kind
- January
- 22/04/2023
- True
- 15/10/2015
- one word holds a list
- an acronym
- 1618 8185 3497
- 566 184 394
- True
- CATI
- Every Lazy Play Aunty
- Yum
- Silly
- Tiny Dogs Nine
- JFMA
- free
- a list in a fixed order
- False
- chunking
- clock
- initials match the list
- in the same order
- Saturn
- 5
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