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 very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) lake (c) snake (d) bright
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 971578898992. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9715 7889 8992 (b) 9715 7898 8992 (c) 9715 7788 98992 (d) 9715 7889 992
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 714885602. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 714 885 602 (b) 714 888 5602 (c) 714 886 502 (d) 714 885 60
- 7.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) cane (b) chain (c) brain (d) sell
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, rose, igloo? (a) Rani Ink Jolly (b) Jolly Rani Ink (c) Rani Jolly Ink (d) Ink Rani Jolly
- 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) planet (c) one (d) world
- 10.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) splitting into groups (c) reading very fast (d) saying it backwards
- 11.True or false: “block” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) bell (d) night
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Love Sing Red (b) Sing Love Fly Red (c) Sing Red Love Fly (d) Red Sing Love Fly
- 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 15.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) right (c) known (d) true
- 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) red (d) blue
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 7653143128. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 765 314 3128 (b) 765 314 31288 (c) 763 143 128 (d) 765 341 3128
- 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kite, tomato, igloo, drum is “Kites Tea ___ Dogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ink (b) Bunny (c) Dance (d) Frogs
- 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
- 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) wake (c) shake (d) cane
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wise Grab (b) Wise Silly Grab (c) Wise Grab Silly (d) Grab Wise Silly
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for coconut, tomato, flute, pencil, monkey is “Cats ___ Frogs Play Mum”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Vans (c) Goats (d) Jeeps
- 24.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 25.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Earth
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 161241289234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1612 4412 89234 (b) 1612 4289 234 (c) 1612 4128 9234 (d) 1612 4129 8234
- 27.📅 The digits 22111990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 22/1119/90 (b) 2211/19/90 (c) 22/11/1990 (d) 221/119/90
- 28.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
- 29.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) sun (d) rain
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, wallet, lemon? (a) Fly Wet Lazy (b) Wet Fly Lazy (c) Wet Lazy Fly (d) Lazy Wet Fly
- 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
- 32.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
- 33.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) tree (d) king
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, rose, vase, kite, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JKVRP (b) PRVKJ (c) RVKJP (d) RPVKJ
- 35.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
- 36.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) make (b) spell (c) smell (d) sell
- 38.📅 The digits 24032012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 240/320/12 (b) 2403/20/12 (c) 24/0320/12 (d) 24/03/2012
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Vans Every ___ Jolly Sing Uncle Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Jeeps (c) Mum (d) Sing
- 40.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) sun (d) rain
Answer key
- initials match the list
- bright
- chunking
- the rainbow colours
- 9715 7889 8992
- 714 885 602
- sell
- Jolly Rani Ink
- one
- splitting into groups
- False
- night
- Red Sing Love Fly
- an acronym
- true
- red
- 765 314 3128
- Ink
- chunking
- a silly, funny one
- cane
- Silly Wise Grab
- Tea
- white
- Venus
- 1612 4128 9234
- 22/11/1990
- condensation
- cake
- Fly Wet Lazy
- evaporation
- first letters as a word
- king
- PRVKJ
- Atlantic
- True
- make
- 24/03/2012
- Mum
- rain
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