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 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) blue
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a dull, plain one
- 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) chain (c) three (d) plane
- 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) violet (d) yellow
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink Aunty Ink ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Seven (c) Eat (d) Goats
- 6.True or false: “key” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tent, coconut, guava, nest, banana is “___ Cats Grab Neat Bakes”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Crazy (b) Up (c) Dad (d) Tiny
- 8.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
- 9.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 204751947041. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2047 5194 7041 (b) 2047 1594 7041 (c) 2204 7519 47041 (d) 2047 5194 041
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Play All (b) Lazy Play All Eat (c) All Play Lazy Eat (d) Lazy Eat Play All
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 5281940646. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 528 194 0646 (b) 528 149 0646 (c) 528 194 064 (d) 528 119 40646
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, glass, ball, onion, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ROBGW (b) GWBOR (c) WGBOR (d) GBORW
- 16.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
- 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) tricks (c) songs (d) steps
- 18.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Sing Lions Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) All (c) Vans (d) Red
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (b) Cats Eight Pink Crazy (c) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (d) Eight Cats Pink Crazy
- 21.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
- 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 23.📅 The digits 06122002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0612/20/02 (b) 061/220/02 (c) 06/12/2002 (d) 06/1220/02
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mice All (b) Jeeps Frogs Mice All (c) All Mice Frogs Jeeps (d) Frogs Mice All Jeeps
- 25.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
- 26.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) has no pattern (c) is very long (d) means something to you
- 27.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Antarctica
- 28.📅 The digits 12021961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 120/219/61 (b) 1202/19/61 (c) 12/02/1961 (d) 12/0219/61
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, watch, umpire? (a) Uncle Wins Aunty (b) Wins Aunty Uncle (c) Aunty Wins Uncle (d) Wins Uncle Aunty
- 30.📅 The digits 07062017 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/06/2017 (b) 07/0620/17 (c) 0706/20/17 (d) 070/620/17
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 665561710353. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6655 6171 03553 (b) 6655 6171 0353 (c) 6556 1710 353 (d) 6655 6117 0353
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Pigs Ants (b) Ants Pigs Lions Every (c) Every Lions Pigs Ants (d) Lions Pigs Ants Every
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for owl, violin, glass, jalebi is “Owls ___ Goats Jolly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Ink (c) Vines (d) Jump
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Frogs Jeeps (b) Frogs My All Jeeps (c) Jeeps Frogs My All (d) Frogs Jeeps My All
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) light (b) sea (c) knock (d) kite
- 37.True or false: “run” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, goat, cat? (a) Big Goats Cook (b) Cook Goats Big (c) Goats Big Cook (d) Goats Cook Big
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, coconut, bucket, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBCV (b) VCBK (c) CBKV (d) CVBK
- 40.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
Answer key
- blue
- a silly, funny one
- three
- red
- Seven
- False
- Tiny
- splitting into groups
- True
- True
- 2047 5194 7041
- VIBGYOR
- Eat Lazy Play All
- 528 194 0646
- WGBOR
- numbers and letter lists
- tricks
- one word holds a list
- Red
- Eight Cats Pink Crazy
- 19 and 47
- an acronym
- 06/12/2002
- Jeeps Frogs Mice All
- a list in a fixed order
- means something to you
- Africa
- 12/02/1961
- Aunty Wins Uncle
- 07/06/2017
- 6655 6171 0353
- Every Lions Pigs Ants
- a first-letter sentence
- Vines
- Jeeps Frogs My All
- sea
- True
- Big Goats Cook
- VCBK
- chunking
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