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 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) indigo (d) orange
- 2.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only numbers (c) only pictures (d) nothing at all
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, flute, ball, ice cream, key is “Crazy ___ Bunny Inside Kites”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) My (c) Toys (d) Every
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 2559821374. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 255 982 1734 (b) 255 982 1374 (c) 255 982 11374 (d) 255 982 174
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 922355251. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 923 255 251 (b) 922 355 251 (c) 922 355 25 (d) 922 355 2251
- 6.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
- 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) fast (c) again (d) more
- 8.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) change it each day (c) read it once silently (d) say it aloud often
- 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) learn (c) say (d) write
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for parrot, bucket, ant, drum, umbrella is “Play Bakes ___ Dad Uncle”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) Dad (c) Wins (d) Aunty
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, duck, van, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVDW (b) DVGW (c) WDVG (d) DWVG
- 12.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, wallet, net? (a) Wise Nani Kind (b) Nani Wise Kind (c) Kind Wise Nani (d) Wise Kind Nani
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, cat, banana? (a) Big Crazy Funny (b) Crazy Funny Big (c) Funny Crazy Big (d) Crazy Big Funny
- 16.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it has fewer digits (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 5627007353. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 567 200 7353 (b) 627 007 353 (c) 562 700 7353 (d) 562 700 73553
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Lions Frogs (b) Silly Lions Frogs Runs (c) Frogs Lions Silly Runs (d) Runs Silly Lions Frogs
- 19.📅 The digits 03072018 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 030/720/18 (b) 03/0720/18 (c) 03/07/2018 (d) 0307/20/18
- 20.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
- 22.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vans Eat My ___ Silly Up Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Jump (c) Eat (d) Bakes
- 24.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) has no pattern (d) means something to you
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, inkpot, drum, jalebi, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDJLO (b) OIDJL (c) LJDIO (d) IODJL
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) backwards
- 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spring (b) ring (c) fun (d) wing
- 29.📅 The digits 05032003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/0320/03 (b) 0503/20/03 (c) 05/03/2003 (d) 050/320/03
- 30.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 194813147. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 148 131 47 (b) 194 813 417 (c) 119 481 3147 (d) 194 813 147
- 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 33.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Goats (b) Goats Wise Silly (c) Silly Wise Goats (d) Wise Goats Silly
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) lane (b) sock (c) swing (d) fight
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My All Jeeps (b) Funny Jeeps My All (c) All My Funny Jeeps (d) Jeeps Funny My All
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pillow, guava, lamp, radio is “Play Goats ___ Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Play (c) Lazy (d) Ants
- 38.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
- 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
- 40.🔤 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
Answer key
- orange
- numbers and letter lists
- Funny
- 255 982 1374
- 922 355 251
- root
- more
- say it aloud often
- know
- Aunty
- WDVG
- False
- NESW
- Kind Wise Nani
- Funny Crazy Big
- three chunks, not ten
- 562 700 7353
- Runs Silly Lions Frogs
- 03/07/2018
- 2
- SWG
- False
- Jump
- means something to you
- ELPA
- OIDJL
- in the same order
- fun
- 05/03/2003
- what each letter means
- 194 813 147
- an acronym
- one word holds a list
- Silly Wise Goats
- swing
- Jeeps Funny My All
- Lazy
- egg
- MVEMJSUN
- AANSAEA
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