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 months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
- 3.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔤 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
- 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 6.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 495143801423. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4951 4380 1423 (b) 4951 3480 1423 (c) 4914 3801 423 (d) 4951 1438 01423
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, drum, umpire, radio, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRUDK (b) KDURI (c) DKURI (d) DURIK
- 9.📅 The digits 19092006 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 190/920/06 (b) 19/0920/06 (c) 19/09/2006 (d) 1909/20/06
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
- 11.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 599236845620. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5992 3685 4620 (b) 5999 2368 45620 (c) 5992 3684 5620 (d) 5923 6845 620
- 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
- 14.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wins Green (b) Wins Silly Green (c) Wins Green Silly (d) Green Wins Silly
- 16.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) rain (d) night
- 17.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 1824199100. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 182 419 9100 (b) 182 419 91000 (c) 182 149 9100 (d) 182 199 100
- 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) steps (c) tricks (d) songs
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) bun (c) ton (d) knee
- 21.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
- 22.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) clock (d) king
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, parrot, ant, van, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVAPR (b) RPAVL (c) PAVLR (d) PRAVL
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for spoon, watch, needle, flute, monkey is “Sing Wet ___ Frogs Mice”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Love (b) Play (c) My (d) Nine
- 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 26.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
- 27.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) night (d) rain
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 177931655141. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1779 9316 55141 (b) 1779 3165 5114 (c) 1779 3165 5141 (d) 1779 3165 514
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Silly (b) Grab Wet Silly (c) Wet Silly Grab (d) Silly Wet Grab
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) clear (c) known (d) right
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, mango, needle? (a) Neat Mice Love (b) Mice Love Neat (c) Love Mice Neat (d) Mice Neat Love
- 32.📅 The digits 18072006 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/07/2006 (b) 180/720/06 (c) 18/0720/06 (d) 1807/20/06
- 33.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) night (d) tree
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, key, umbrella, inkpot, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KMUIA (b) KUIAM (c) AIUKM (d) MKUIA
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Seven (b) Wins Seven Green (c) Seven Wins Green (d) Wins Green Seven
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 284663520375. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2846 6355 20375 (b) 8246 6352 0375 (c) 2846 6352 035 (d) 2846 6352 0375
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Every (b) Every Crazy Pigs Cats (c) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (d) Crazy Every Pigs Cats
- 38.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 5408186769. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 540 818 6796 (b) 540 818 6769 (c) 540 818 66769 (d) 540 818 679
- 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
Answer key
- the rainbow colours
- a memory trick
- True
- VIBGYOR
- one word holds a list
- initials match the list
- 4951 4380 1423
- KDURI
- 19/09/2006
- PAISA
- January
- 5992 3684 5620
- chunking
- what each letter means
- Silly Wins Green
- night
- False
- 182 419 9100
- tricks
- knee
- a list in a fixed order
- cake
- RPAVL
- Nine
- in the same order
- Atlantic
- king
- 1779 3165 5141
- Silly Wet Grab
- true
- Love Mice Neat
- 18/07/2006
- bell
- MKUIA
- Seven Wins Green
- 2846 6352 0375
- Every Crazy Pigs Cats
- east
- 540 818 6769
- a rhyme
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