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.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) North America (c) Asia (d) Europe
- 2.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, orange, key, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BOKG (b) GKOB (c) OKGB (d) OBKG
- 4.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 5.📅 The digits 26091959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2609/19/59 (b) 260/919/59 (c) 26/09/1959 (d) 26/0919/59
- 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
- 8.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 9.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) a beat or a tune (c) writing it tiny (d) saying it once quietly
- 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
- 11.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) clock (d) tree
- 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
- 14.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, cat, pencil, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCPN (b) CTPN (c) CPNT (d) NPCT
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, cat, owl? (a) Cats Only Pink (b) Only Cats Pink (c) Cats Pink Only (d) Pink Cats Only
- 18.📅 The digits 08041988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/419/88 (b) 08/04/1988 (c) 08/0419/88 (d) 0804/19/88
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, van, nest, guava, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VBNGM (b) VNGMB (c) BVNGM (d) MGNVB
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Sing Wet (b) Wet Sing Every Neat (c) Every Sing Wet Neat (d) Neat Every Sing Wet
- 21.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) true (c) right (d) clear
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, jalebi, onion? (a) Jolly Pink Old (b) Jolly Old Pink (c) Old Jolly Pink (d) Pink Jolly Old
- 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) free (b) thing (c) knee (d) bee
- 24.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ice Big Grab ___ Only Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Green (c) Yaks (d) Jeeps
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
- 27.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) sun (d) cake
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eat ___ Play Crazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) All (c) Old (d) Dogs
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wise Green (b) Wise Green Sing (c) Green Wise Sing (d) Wise Sing Green
- 30.📅 The digits 20032024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 20/0320/24 (b) 200/320/24 (c) 20/03/2024 (d) 2003/20/24
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mum Aunty Jump (b) Fly Jump Mum Aunty (c) Jump Fly Mum Aunty (d) Aunty Mum Fly Jump
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 9137650808. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 937 650 808 (b) 913 765 0808 (c) 917 365 0808 (d) 913 765 08088
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 440466933945. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4404 6933 945 (b) 4404 6693 3954 (c) 4440 4669 33945 (d) 4404 6693 3945
- 35.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) twice (c) more (d) again
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 751219440. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 752 194 40 (b) 571 219 440 (c) 751 219 440 (d) 751 219 9440
- 37.📅 The digits 05011999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/0119/99 (b) 050/119/99 (c) 05/01/1999 (d) 0501/19/99
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) brain (b) shell (c) make (d) string
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lazy Silly Red (b) Red Silly Lazy Frogs (c) Silly Red Lazy Frogs (d) Silly Lazy Frogs Red
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) shake (c) key (d) make
Answer key
- Asia
- False
- BOKG
- 3
- 26/09/1959
- a list in a fixed order
- a silly, funny one
- splitting into groups
- a beat or a tune
- a memory trick
- night
- the rainbow colours
- one word holds a list
- False
- stem
- TCPN
- Pink Cats Only
- 08/04/1988
- BVNGM
- Neat Every Sing Wet
- true
- Pink Jolly Old
- thing
- 8
- Yaks
- ELPA
- cake
- Cook
- Sing Wise Green
- 20/03/2024
- Jump Fly Mum Aunty
- 913 765 0808
- a first-letter sentence
- 4404 6693 3945
- more
- 751 219 440
- 05/01/1999
- string
- Red Silly Lazy Frogs
- key
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