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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) swing (b) sell (c) run (d) lock
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
- 4.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
- 5.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) lane (c) key (d) bee
- 7.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
- 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) orange (d) violet
- 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) twice (c) more (d) fast
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 705179626. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 705 179 9626 (b) 705 179 626 (c) 750 179 626 (d) 701 796 26
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) key (c) free (d) knee
- 12.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 13.📅 The digits 05071981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 050/719/81 (b) 05/07/1981 (c) 0507/19/81 (d) 05/0719/81
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, coconut, owl? (a) Old Cook Goats (b) Cook Goats Old (c) Goats Cook Old (d) Cook Old Goats
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ball, watch, fan, tiger, duck is “Bakes Wet ___ Tiny Dogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Jolly (c) Kites (d) Toys
- 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 217792005. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 217 792 0005 (b) 217 729 005 (c) 217 792 00 (d) 217 792 005
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Silly Wise (b) Wise Silly Every Nine (c) Every Silly Wise Nine (d) Nine Every Silly Wise
- 19.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
- 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
- 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) make (c) wake (d) three
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 522015056667. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5221 5056 667 (b) 5220 1505 66677 (c) 5220 5105 6667 (d) 5220 1505 6667
- 24.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 498164558177. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4981 6455 58177 (b) 4981 6455 8177 (c) 4981 6455 817 (d) 9481 6455 8177
- 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eat Crazy ___ Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Inside (c) Pink (d) Rani
- 28.True or false: “block” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Seven (b) Wise Seven Green (c) Seven Wise Green (d) Green Wise Seven
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kettle, fan, guava, sock is “___ Funny Grab Seven”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Kites (c) Ants (d) Nani
- 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) red (d) green
- 33.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani Eight ___ Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Silly (c) Play (d) Kind
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Silly Red (b) Silly Lions Fly Red (c) Silly Red Lions Fly (d) Red Silly Lions Fly
- 37.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) tree (c) king (d) night
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Grab Silly (b) Silly Wins Grab (c) Grab Wins Silly (d) Wins Silly Grab
- 39.True or false: “well” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ant, van, ladder, shoe is “Ants ___ Lazy Sing”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Very (c) Tiny (d) Wise
Answer key
- chunking
- lock
- VIBGYOR
- splitting into groups
- the letters make no word
- lane
- an acronym
- indigo
- more
- 705 179 626
- wing
- 3
- 05/07/1981
- Goats Cook Old
- Frogs
- AANSAEA
- 217 792 005
- Nine Every Silly Wise
- green
- larva
- RSLF
- three
- 5220 1505 6667
- True
- 4981 6455 8177
- a rhyme
- Pink
- True
- MVEMJSUN
- Seven Wise Green
- Kites
- red
- a memory trick
- Silly
- a silly, funny one
- Red Silly Lions Fly
- night
- Silly Wins Grab
- True
- Very
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