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.📅 The digits 25081972 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/08/1972 (b) 25/0819/72 (c) 2508/19/72 (d) 250/819/72
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
- 3.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only numbers (d) only pictures
- 4.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
- 6.🔤 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
- 7.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) knee (b) swing (c) wing (d) bite
- 9.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is printed bigger (d) it is a smaller number
- 10.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
- 11.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) twice (c) again (d) more
- 12.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) spring (b) rake (c) sock (d) main
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 697732240. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 677 322 40 (b) 697 732 204 (c) 697 732 240 (d) 697 732 2240
- 16.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) king (d) sun
- 17.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
- 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) shake (c) rock (d) lake
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, wallet, radio? (a) Runs Wise Cats (b) Wise Cats Runs (c) Wise Runs Cats (d) Cats Wise Runs
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) key (c) three (d) sea
- 21.🔤 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
- 22.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 7557809058. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 755 780 90588 (b) 755 780 905 (c) 757 580 9058 (d) 755 780 9058
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cook Every (b) Cook Pigs Cats Every (c) Cats Every Pigs Cook (d) Every Cats Pigs Cook
- 25.📅 The digits 09122013 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0912/20/13 (b) 09/1220/13 (c) 091/220/13 (d) 09/12/2013
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) key (b) sea (c) bee (d) sock
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) fight (b) well (c) wake (d) rake
- 29.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) free (b) three (c) key (d) bite
- 30.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, needle, van, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVTR (b) NRVT (c) RNVT (d) TVNR
- 32.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its colour
- 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 34.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the months
- 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) steps (c) tricks (d) games
- 37.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) thing (b) wing (c) ring (d) lake
- 39.📅 The digits 15101967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1510/19/67 (b) 15/1019/67 (c) 151/019/67 (d) 15/10/1967
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) kite (c) lake (d) make
Answer key
- 25/08/1972
- in the same order
- numbers and letter lists
- False
- adult
- VIBGYOR
- condensation
- bite
- three chunks, not ten
- first letters as a word
- more
- white
- March
- spring
- 697 732 240
- king
- evaporation
- rock
- Cats Wise Runs
- one
- ELPA
- green
- 755 780 9058
- Every Cats Pigs Cook
- 09/12/2013
- ECPC
- sock
- well
- bite
- north
- RNVT
- what each letter means
- a rhyme
- 7
- the rainbow colours
- tricks
- 3
- lake
- 15/10/1967
- kite
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students