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) cane (b) bite (c) chain (d) brain
- 2.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) sun (d) clock
- 3.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, parrot, ice cream, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPIN (b) NIPB (c) PINB (d) PBIN
- 7.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
- 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) blue (c) violet (d) yellow
- 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 625463108662. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2546 3108 662 (b) 6245 6310 8662 (c) 6254 6310 8662 (d) 6254 6310 86662
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, mango, jalebi, net, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANJMS (b) MSJNA (c) MJNAS (d) SMJNA
- 14.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a picture
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 365243057. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 366 524 3057 (b) 362 430 57 (c) 356 243 057 (d) 365 243 057
- 16.✏️ 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
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) sea (c) tea (d) bee
- 18.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) South America (d) Asia
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 960825357211. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9608 2357 211 (b) 9608 2535 72111 (c) 9608 2535 7211 (d) 9680 2535 7211
- 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
- 21.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 22.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) say (c) write (d) learn
- 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) red (d) blue
- 24.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) a beat or a tune (b) no rhythm at all (c) writing it tiny (d) saying it once quietly
- 25.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) tree (d) king
- 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 27.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 284031926. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 284 031 926 (b) 840 319 26 (c) 284 031 9226 (d) 284 013 926
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pigs Cats (b) Cats Pigs Cats Every (c) Every Cats Pigs Cats (d) Every Cats Cats Pigs
- 31.📅 The digits 26071986 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2607/19/86 (b) 26/07/1986 (c) 260/719/86 (d) 26/0719/86
- 32.📅 The digits 04101996 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0410/19/96 (b) 04/10/1996 (c) 041/019/96 (d) 04/1019/96
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bite (b) snake (c) done (d) thing
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, drum, mango, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMDR (b) DMCR (c) RDMC (d) DRMC
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mice Ants (b) Fly Mice Ants Jolly (c) Ants Mice Fly Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Mice Ants
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Seven Wise (b) Nani Every Seven Wise (c) Wise Seven Every Nani (d) Every Seven Wise Nani
- 37.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
- 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) ring (c) bright (d) bite
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, rope, drum, monkey, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDMWF (b) FRDMW (c) RFDMW (d) WMDRF
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for lamp, candle, violin, needle is “Lazy ___ Very Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) Cats (c) Eat (d) Fly
Answer key
- bite
- sun
- True
- the rainbow colours
- a silly, funny one
- BPIN
- splitting into groups
- violet
- a rhyme
- chunking
- chunking
- 6254 6310 8662
- SMJNA
- a list in a fixed order
- 365 243 057
- the letters make no word
- spell
- Africa
- 9608 2535 7211
- JFMA
- 2
- know
- red
- a beat or a tune
- tree
- an acronym
- True
- 5
- 284 031 926
- Every Cats Pigs Cats
- 26/07/1986
- 04/10/1996
- snake
- RDMC
- Jolly Fly Mice Ants
- Nani Every Seven Wise
- initials match the list
- ring
- FRDMW
- Cats
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