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.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) clock (c) night (d) cake
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Fly Jeeps (b) Fly My All Jeeps (c) Jeeps Fly My All (d) Fly Jeeps My All
- 4.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) cake (d) tree
- 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, key, violin, bucket, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TBVKO (b) KVBTO (c) KOVBT (d) OKVBT
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 164634230. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 164 342 30 (b) 614 634 230 (c) 164 634 230 (d) 166 463 4230
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) won (b) lock (c) lane (d) rake
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, rose, umbrella? (a) Runs Uncle Cook (b) Runs Cook Uncle (c) Cook Runs Uncle (d) Uncle Runs Cook
- 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Asia (c) Africa (d) Australia
- 11.📅 The digits 01111964 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 011/119/64 (b) 01/1119/64 (c) 0111/19/64 (d) 01/11/1964
- 12.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, jalebi, candle, spoon, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LSCJU (b) JUCSL (c) JCSLU (d) UJCSL
- 14.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, kite, jug, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJKN (b) KJLN (c) NKJL (d) KNJL
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 953672459. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 935 672 459 (b) 953 672 59 (c) 953 672 459 (d) 953 667 2459
- 19.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only pictures (d) nothing at all
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 5729552691. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 572 995 52691 (b) 572 552 691 (c) 572 595 2691 (d) 572 955 2691
- 21.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
- 22.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 200115201. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 011 5201 (b) 001 152 01 (c) 200 115 201 (d) 200 115 021
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ice Big ___ Yum Owls Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Silly (c) Owls (d) Goats
- 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, owl, tent, lamp, apple is “Bunny Only Tiny ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Every (c) Lions (d) Bakes
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ink Bunny ___ Young Only Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Dogs (c) Fly (d) Green
- 27.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) bell (d) night
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Green (b) Green Wins Sing (c) Sing Wins Green (d) Wins Green Sing
- 29.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) know (c) learn (d) write
- 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
- 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for frog, parrot, key, monkey is “___ Pink Kids My”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Fly (c) Dad (d) Mice
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, nest, jeep, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNJU (b) NRJU (c) UJNR (d) NJUR
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, igloo, van, jalebi, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVJBT (b) ITVJB (c) BJVIT (d) TIVJB
- 36.True or false: “done” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
- 38.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for wallet, kite, onion, net is “___ Kind Old Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Wet (c) My (d) Tiny
- 40.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
Answer key
- initials match the list
- cake
- Jeeps Fly My All
- tree
- the rainbow colours
- OKVBT
- 164 634 230
- lane
- Cook Runs Uncle
- Australia
- 01/11/1964
- 7
- UJCSL
- True
- VIBGYOR
- NKJL
- PAISA
- 953 672 459
- numbers and letter lists
- 572 955 2691
- an acronym
- True
- 200 115 201
- Goats
- Lions
- Green
- sun
- Sing Wins Green
- False
- know
- west
- an acronym
- Fly
- RNJU
- TIVJB
- True
- north
- first letters as a word
- Wet
- 7
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