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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
- 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) true (c) right (d) clear
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 168079430. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 618 079 430 (b) 168 079 430 (c) 168 079 4330 (d) 160 794 30
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) snake (c) shake (d) sea
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, kite, mango? (a) My Kites Ice (b) Kites Ice My (c) Kites My Ice (d) Ice Kites My
- 6.🧰 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
- 7.🎵 Which word does “done” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) bell (d) sun
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, umbrella, ice cream? (a) Ink Uncle Big (b) Big Uncle Ink (c) Uncle Ink Big (d) Uncle Big Ink
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, van, mango, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VMDI (b) IVMD (c) DMVI (d) VIMD
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 902336836319. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9023 3368 36319 (b) 9023 6383 6319 (c) 9023 3683 639 (d) 9023 3683 6319
- 11.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) bell (d) night
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) main (c) fun (d) cane
- 13.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, cat, jeep? (a) Cats Mice Jeeps (b) Cats Jeeps Mice (c) Mice Cats Jeeps (d) Jeeps Cats Mice
- 15.True or false: “key” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 882614105. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 882 614 105 (b) 882 141 05 (c) 882 614 4105 (d) 882 614 150
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eight Lazy Play ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Seven (c) Jeeps (d) Play
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, mirror, key? (a) Kind Mum Red (b) Red Mum Kind (c) Mum Kind Red (d) Mum Red Kind
- 19.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Crazy Every (b) Every Crazy Crazy Play (c) Crazy Every Play Crazy (d) Every Crazy Play Crazy
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) done (b) sea (c) kite (d) well
- 22.📅 The digits 22052025 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/520/25 (b) 22/05/2025 (c) 22/0520/25 (d) 2205/20/25
- 23.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 24.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
- 27.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
- 28.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eight Love Pink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Red (c) All (d) Mum
- 31.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
- 32.True or false: “spring” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 34.📅 The digits 12031983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 12/03/1983 (b) 120/319/83 (c) 12/0319/83 (d) 1203/19/83
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for umpire, violin, candle, monkey, kite is “Up Vans Cook ___ Kids”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Mum (c) Yum (d) Uncle
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum Ants Jump (b) Jump Funny Mum Ants (c) Funny Jump Mum Ants (d) Ants Mum Funny Jump
- 37.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) no rhythm at all (c) a beat or a tune (d) writing it tiny
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Funny Mum All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Jeeps (c) Wet (d) Ants
- 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, vase, ball, monkey, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVBMC (b) VNBMC (c) CMBVN (d) VBMCN
Answer key
- the rainbow colours
- true
- 168 079 430
- sea
- Ice Kites My
- a rhyme
- sun
- Big Uncle Ink
- IVMD
- 9023 3683 6319
- bell
- fun
- initials match the list
- Mice Cats Jeeps
- False
- 882 614 105
- Ants
- Red Mum Kind
- a first-letter sentence
- Every Crazy Play Crazy
- sea
- 22/05/2025
- the letters make no word
- False
- a memory trick
- in the same order
- Pacific
- a list in a fixed order
- JFMA
- All
- first letters as a word
- False
- evaporation
- 12/03/1983
- Mum
- Jump Funny Mum Ants
- a beat or a tune
- Jeeps
- yellow
- NVBMC
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