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.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Very Every ___ Jump Seven Under Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Love (b) Ink (c) Mum (d) Dogs
- 3.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 7834484902. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 783 448 9402 (b) 783 444 84902 (c) 783 484 902 (d) 783 448 4902
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 839671512. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 893 671 512 (b) 896 715 12 (c) 839 967 1512 (d) 839 671 512
- 6.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 8.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, candle, pillow, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DPCI (b) ICPD (c) CPDI (d) CIPD
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, fan, rose, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FORB (b) FRBO (c) BRFO (d) OFRB
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) plane (b) chain (c) spring (d) train
- 12.📅 The digits 26072019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 260/720/19 (b) 26/07/2019 (c) 2607/20/19 (d) 26/0720/19
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cats Every (b) Every Cats Pigs Cats (c) Every Cats Cats Pigs (d) Cats Every Pigs Cats
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, ant, nest? (a) Nani Aunty Crazy (b) Aunty Crazy Nani (c) Aunty Nani Crazy (d) Crazy Aunty Nani
- 15.📅 The digits 20062025 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 20/0620/25 (b) 200/620/25 (c) 2006/20/25 (d) 20/06/2025
- 16.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) change it each day (c) never say it (d) read it once silently
- 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) free (b) cold (c) long (d) fast
- 18.True or false: “spell” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 133016611064. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1330 1661 10644 (b) 1330 1661 1604 (c) 3301 6611 064 (d) 1330 1661 1064
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) fight (b) bee (c) snake (d) block
- 23.True or false: “won” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, nest, lemon, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLOC (b) NCLO (c) CNLO (d) OLNC
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 9821546206. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 981 546 206 (b) 998 215 46206 (c) 982 154 6206 (d) 982 514 6206
- 26.True or false: “tea” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) bee (c) sea (d) train
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 7268895851. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 276 889 5851 (b) 726 889 58851 (c) 726 889 5851 (d) 726 889 551
- 29.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 1637342710. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 163 734 710 (b) 163 734 2710 (c) 167 334 2710 (d) 163 734 27110
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
- 32.🧰 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
- 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) wake (c) well (d) snake
- 35.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 36.📅 The digits 08052004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/520/04 (b) 08/0520/04 (c) 0805/20/04 (d) 08/05/2004
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 220692750145. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2260 9275 0145 (b) 2206 9275 00145 (c) 2206 9275 0145 (d) 2209 2750 145
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tomato, key, nest, inkpot, mango is “___ Kind Nani Ink My”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tiny (b) Dad (c) Pink (d) Eight
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Funny Mice Ants (b) Funny Jump Mice Ants (c) Funny Mice Ants Jump (d) Ants Mice Funny Jump
Answer key
- initials match the list
- Mum
- 3
- 783 448 4902
- 839 671 512
- False
- an acronym
- 4
- ICPD
- OFRB
- spring
- 26/07/2019
- Every Cats Pigs Cats
- Crazy Aunty Nani
- 20/06/2025
- say it aloud often
- free
- False
- ELPA
- 1330 1661 1064
- in the same order
- snake
- True
- CNLO
- 982 154 6206
- True
- train
- 726 889 5851
- True
- 163 734 2710
- JFMA
- an acronym
- VIBGYOR
- well
- True
- 08/05/2004
- chunking
- 2206 9275 0145
- Tiny
- Jump Funny Mice Ants
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