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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, flute, banana? (a) Dance Funny Big (b) Funny Big Dance (c) Funny Dance Big (d) Big Funny Dance
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump Mice All (b) Fly Mice All Jump (c) Jump Fly Mice All (d) All Mice Fly Jump
- 3.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bee (b) ton (c) done (d) bake
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, monkey, guava, violin, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MRGVB (b) MGVBR (c) BVGMR (d) RMGVB
- 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 6.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) numbers and letter lists (d) nothing at all
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 344908235116. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3449 0825 3116 (b) 3449 0823 5116 (c) 3449 0823 51116 (d) 3490 8235 116
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 361841887. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 361 844 1887 (b) 631 841 887 (c) 318 418 87 (d) 361 841 887
- 9.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 912108358. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 912 108 58 (b) 912 108 385 (c) 991 210 8358 (d) 912 108 358
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, kettle, tent, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KITF (b) KTFI (c) IKTF (d) FTKI
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tent, cat, fan, lemon is “Toys Cook ___ Lions”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ink (b) Fly (c) Uncle (d) Kids
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
- 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, candle, anchor, umpire, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUACK (b) KCAUS (c) CAUSK (d) CKAUS
- 15.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
- 16.True or false: “rake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rock (b) light (c) kite (d) bite
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
- 19.True or false: “one” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
- 21.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny Mum All (b) Funny Jolly Mum All (c) All Mum Funny Jolly (d) Funny Mum All Jolly
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, lamp, violin, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVLW (b) WLVD (c) LWVD (d) LVDW
- 24.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, orange, sock, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSUB (b) OBSU (c) BOSU (d) USOB
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) wing (c) spring (d) ring
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) spring (c) ring (d) shock
- 28.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Venus
- 30.📅 The digits 04111962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/11/1962 (b) 0411/19/62 (c) 04/1119/62 (d) 041/119/62
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, mirror, tomato? (a) My Toys Wins (b) Toys My Wins (c) Wins My Toys (d) My Wins Toys
- 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) green
- 33.True or false: “bite” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 34.📅 The digits 17102006 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1710/20/06 (b) 171/020/06 (c) 17/10/2006 (d) 17/1020/06
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
- 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) plane (c) main (d) chain
- 38.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Sing (b) Sing Wins Green (c) Green Wins Sing (d) Wins Sing Green
- 40.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
Answer key
- Dance Funny Big
- Jump Fly Mice All
- bake
- RMGVB
- an acronym
- numbers and letter lists
- 3449 0823 5116
- 361 841 887
- larva
- 912 108 358
- IKTF
- Fly
- NESW
- KCAUS
- splitting into groups
- True
- rock
- JFMA
- True
- the rainbow colours
- the letters make no word
- Jolly Funny Mum All
- WLVD
- a list in a fixed order
- BOSU
- wake
- shock
- True
- Earth
- 04/11/1962
- Wins My Toys
- blue
- True
- 17/10/2006
- a silly, funny one
- chunking
- bun
- means something to you
- Sing Wins Green
- 7
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students