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.📅 The digits 19012022 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/0120/22 (b) 19/01/2022 (c) 1901/20/22 (d) 190/120/22
- 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) known (c) clear (d) true
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 4.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) sea (b) won (c) bake (d) wing
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Play Ants (b) Ants Play Love Eat (c) Eat Love Play Ants (d) Love Play Ants Eat
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) lock (b) wing (c) sing (d) ring
- 8.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
- 9.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 803999084. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 803 999 0884 (b) 830 999 084 (c) 803 999 084 (d) 803 990 84
- 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
- 14.📅 The digits 06022012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/02/2012 (b) 060/220/12 (c) 0602/20/12 (d) 06/0220/12
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My Ants Jump (b) Ants My Frogs Jump (c) Jump Frogs My Ants (d) Frogs Jump My Ants
- 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) rake (c) white (d) kite
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Seven Rani (c) Seven Rani Lions Funny (d) Seven Lions Funny Rani
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 333069663. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 333 609 663 (b) 333 069 663 (c) 333 069 63 (d) 333 066 9663
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (b) Cats Eight Pigs Cook (c) Eight Cats Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Cats Eight
- 21.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) rain (d) tree
- 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 802892229506. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8028 9229 506 (b) 8028 9222 99506 (c) 8028 9222 9506 (d) 8082 9222 9506
- 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bite (b) wake (c) plane (d) shake
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, nest, wallet, igloo, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NWIKM (b) NMWIK (c) MNWIK (d) KIWNM
- 26.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
- 27.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is printed bigger
- 28.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Indian
- 30.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
- 31.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) a beat or a tune (c) writing it tiny (d) no rhythm at all
- 32.🔤 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
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Love Every (c) Love Pink Aunty Every (d) Every Love Pink Aunty
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, apple, coconut, jeep, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVCJN (b) NJCAV (c) VACJN (d) ACJNV
- 35.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) bell (d) sun
- 36.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) king (d) tree
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Silly (b) Wins Green Silly (c) Wins Silly Green (d) Silly Wins Green
- 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 19/01/2022
- true
- MVEMJSUN
- initials match the list
- won
- Eat Love Play Ants
- lock
- splitting into groups
- False
- 2
- 803 999 084
- chunking
- SWG
- 06/02/2012
- Jump Frogs My Ants
- red
- rake
- Rani Seven Lions Funny
- 333 069 663
- Eight Cats Pigs Cook
- rain
- pupa
- 8028 9222 9506
- plane
- MNWIK
- the letters make no word
- three chunks, not ten
- a list in a fixed order
- Indian
- larva
- a beat or a tune
- NESW
- Every Love Pink Aunty
- VACJN
- cake
- clock
- Silly Wins Green
- True
- False
- True
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