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.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 4717222761. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 471 722 2761 (b) 477 122 2761 (c) 471 722 27611 (d) 471 722 271
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Every ___ Pink Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Play (c) Cook (d) Ants
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly Fly Mice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Fly (b) Under (c) Inside (d) All
- 5.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) learn (c) say (d) write
- 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani Every ___ Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Play (c) Sing (d) Kind
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) wing (b) shake (c) light (d) sock
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Lazy Funny (b) Seven Lazy Funny Red (c) Seven Red Lazy Funny (d) Funny Lazy Seven Red
- 10.📅 The digits 05101984 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 051/019/84 (b) 05/10/1984 (c) 0510/19/84 (d) 05/1019/84
- 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
- 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines ___ Big Green Young Old Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wise (b) Young (c) Ice (d) Seven
- 15.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) known (c) right (d) true
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Sing Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Sing Red (c) Sing Red Lazy Fly (d) Sing Lazy Fly Red
- 19.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 916950639. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 916 950 693 (b) 169 506 39 (c) 916 950 639 (d) 916 955 0639
- 21.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
- 22.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 23.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 322848003100. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3224 8800 3100 (b) 3228 4800 3100 (c) 3228 4800 03100 (d) 3228 4003 100
- 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) blue (d) orange
- 27.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 28.🔤 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
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) spell (b) spring (c) plane (d) brain
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
- 31.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) snake (c) rock (d) bake
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 2077551759. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 207 755 1795 (b) 207 755 17559 (c) 207 551 759 (d) 207 755 1759
- 36.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 37.📅 The digits 01051984 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/05/1984 (b) 010/519/84 (c) 01/0519/84 (d) 0105/19/84
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) train (b) knock (c) swing (d) string
- 39.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
- 40.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
Answer key
- green
- 471 722 2761
- Cook
- All
- know
- a first-letter sentence
- Sing
- light
- Red Seven Lazy Funny
- 05/10/1984
- one word holds a list
- VIBGYOR
- True
- Ice
- 6
- an acronym
- true
- Red Sing Lazy Fly
- initials match the list
- 916 950 639
- an acronym
- 5
- 5
- in the same order
- 3228 4800 3100
- indigo
- 9
- MVEMJSUN
- spring
- NESW
- True
- True
- True
- rock
- 207 755 1759
- the rainbow colours
- 01/05/1984
- train
- three chunks, not ten
- the letters make no word
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