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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for urn, igloo, mirror, onion, jug is “Up Ink My Owls ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Yaks (c) Jolly (d) Crazy
- 2.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 593732822130. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5937 3282 21130 (b) 5937 2382 2130 (c) 5973 2822 130 (d) 5937 3282 2130
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) cane (c) make (d) bake
- 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) done (c) bun (d) spring
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 253069175852. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2530 6915 7852 (b) 2530 6917 5852 (c) 2530 6917 75852 (d) 2530 6975 852
- 8.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
- 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) lock (b) ring (c) bun (d) bee
- 10.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 11.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lane (b) cane (c) plane (d) block
- 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 6159521174. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 615 952 1174 (b) 615 952 114 (c) 165 952 1174 (d) 611 595 21174
- 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Very ___ Mice Jump Seven Under Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ink (b) Every (c) Neat (d) Owls
- 19.📅 The digits 11031969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/319/69 (b) 11/0319/69 (c) 1103/19/69 (d) 11/03/1969
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 391375749. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 339 137 5749 (b) 391 357 49 (c) 391 375 749 (d) 391 357 749
- 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
- 22.🎵 Which word does “knock” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) bell (d) clock
- 23.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) clock (d) cake
- 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Earth
- 25.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) writing it twice
- 26.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 28.📅 The digits 10061960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1006/19/60 (b) 10/06/1960 (c) 10/0619/60 (d) 100/619/60
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wet Green”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Kind (c) Goats (d) Silly
- 30.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) tree (d) cake
- 31.True or false: “well” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) snake (c) lake (d) wake
- 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pink Cats (b) Cats Every Pink Cats (c) Every Cats Cats Pink (d) Cats Pink Cats Every
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Funny Runs (b) Runs Sing Lions Funny (c) Sing Runs Lions Funny (d) Funny Lions Sing Runs
- 36.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) North America (c) Asia (d) Africa
- 37.🔤 “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
- 38.✏️ 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) Jolly Fly Mice Ants (d) Ants Mice Fly Jolly
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 9976958617. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 976 958 617 (b) 997 695 8671 (c) 997 695 8617 (d) 997 769 58617
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Sing Runs (b) Sing Love Frogs Runs (c) Runs Sing Love Frogs (d) Sing Runs Love Frogs
Answer key
- Jolly
- 4
- 5937 3282 2130
- cane
- an acronym
- spring
- 2530 6917 5852
- the letters make no word
- bee
- initials match the list
- False
- one word holds a list
- block
- an acronym
- a rhyme
- chunking
- 615 952 1174
- Every
- 11/03/1969
- 391 375 749
- SWG
- clock
- sun
- Venus
- splitting into groups
- False
- True
- 10/06/1960
- Silly
- night
- False
- tea
- red
- Every Cats Pink Cats
- Runs Sing Lions Funny
- Asia
- evaporation
- Jolly Fly Mice Ants
- 997 695 8617
- Runs Sing Love Frogs
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