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 the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
- 2.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) night (b) king (c) bell (d) tree
- 3.📅 The digits 08081960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/0819/60 (b) 0808/19/60 (c) 080/819/60 (d) 08/08/1960
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 722183757232. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7221 8337 57232 (b) 7221 8375 7232 (c) 7221 8375 2732 (d) 7221 8757 232
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
- 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) brain (b) ring (c) smell (d) wake
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eat Lazy ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Play (c) Kind (d) Wise
- 8.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it is printed bigger (c) it has fewer digits (d) three chunks, not ten
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, nest, kite, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKJS (b) SNKJ (c) NSKJ (d) JKNS
- 10.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
- 11.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) true (c) right (d) clear
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, watch, ice cream, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DIWB (b) WBID (c) BWID (d) WIDB
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, vase, coconut, pencil, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRCPI (b) VCPIR (c) RVCPI (d) IPCVR
- 14.True or false: “sing” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: “chain” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 689127600. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 689 127 600 (b) 689 127 7600 (c) 698 127 600 (d) 691 276 00
- 17.📅 The digits 07061976 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 070/619/76 (b) 07/06/1976 (c) 0706/19/76 (d) 07/0619/76
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 8520780163. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 852 078 0163 (b) 850 780 163 (c) 852 070 8163 (d) 852 007 80163
- 19.True or false: “rake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) run (b) done (c) kite (d) free
- 22.📅 The digits 06111967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/1119/67 (b) 0611/19/67 (c) 061/119/67 (d) 06/11/1967
- 23.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) king (d) sun
- 24.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
- 25.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
- 26.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) a rhyme about cats
- 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
- 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) tea (c) three (d) knee
- 29.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) splitting into groups (c) writing it twice (d) reading very fast
- 30.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 31.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Inside Big Grab Yum ___ Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Owls (c) Cats (d) Dogs
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for lamp, parrot, anchor, inkpot is “Love Pigs All ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Seven (c) Ice (d) Every
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink Ants Eight (b) Ants Pink Love Eight (c) Eight Love Pink Ants (d) Love Eight Pink Ants
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Love Eight (b) Love Eight Pink Aunty (c) Love Pink Aunty Eight (d) Eight Love Pink Aunty
- 36.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, ball, kite, ladder, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKLTS (b) TLKBS (c) BSKLT (d) SBKLT
- 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) run (c) wake (d) make
- 39.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, rope, guava? (a) Runs Uncle Goats (b) Runs Goats Uncle (c) Uncle Runs Goats (d) Goats Runs Uncle
Answer key
- green
- bell
- 08/08/1960
- 7221 8375 7232
- a silly, funny one
- wake
- Play
- three chunks, not ten
- SNKJ
- 19 and 47
- true
- BWID
- RVCPI
- True
- False
- 689 127 600
- 07/06/1976
- 852 078 0163
- True
- egg
- kite
- 06/11/1967
- night
- means something to you
- stem
- initials match the list
- RSLF
- sing
- splitting into groups
- 3
- January
- Owls
- Ice
- Eight Love Pink Ants
- Eight Love Pink Aunty
- True
- SBKLT
- run
- April
- Uncle Runs Goats
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