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.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) nothing at all
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 3.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
- 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its colour
- 5.📅 The digits 07111952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 071/119/52 (b) 07/1119/52 (c) 07/11/1952 (d) 0711/19/52
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, kite, parrot? (a) Green Kites Pink (b) Pink Kites Green (c) Kites Green Pink (d) Kites Pink Green
- 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
- 8.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 9.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) the list is short (d) there is no list
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 641893556. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 641 893 556 (b) 641 983 556 (c) 641 889 3556 (d) 641 835 56
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, radio, jug? (a) Jeeps Red Nani (b) Red Jeeps Nani (c) Red Nani Jeeps (d) Nani Red Jeeps
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) cane (b) white (c) light (d) well
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 4125710411. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 412 517 0411 (b) 412 571 04411 (c) 412 571 0411 (d) 412 571 041
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, owl, parrot, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPKJ (b) JOPK (c) OJPK (d) KPOJ
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Seven Wins (b) Wins Seven Every Nine (c) Every Seven Wins Nine (d) Nine Every Seven Wins
- 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) in any order
- 19.True or false: “swing” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, ant, glass, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGMB (b) BAGM (c) MGAB (d) ABGM
- 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
- 22.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, needle, tent? (a) Nine My Tiny (b) My Nine Tiny (c) Tiny Nine My (d) Nine Tiny My
- 24.📅 The digits 09052006 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/0520/06 (b) 0905/20/06 (c) 09/05/2006 (d) 090/520/06
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) fight (b) sock (c) cane (d) main
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 900125032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 900 125 032 (b) 990 012 5032 (c) 901 025 032 (d) 900 125 32
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Every Neat (b) Every Neat Seven Wet (c) Every Seven Wet Neat (d) Neat Every Seven Wet
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 1094003218. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 019 400 3218 (b) 109 400 32218 (c) 109 400 3218 (d) 194 003 218
- 29.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, rope, fan? (a) Runs Uncle Funny (b) Runs Funny Uncle (c) Funny Runs Uncle (d) Uncle Runs Funny
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wet Seven (b) Wet Grab Seven (c) Seven Wet Grab (d) Wet Seven Grab
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, onion, doll, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODCA (b) OADC (c) CDOA (d) AODC
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, bucket, frog, ant, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFAJU (b) BUFAJ (c) JAFBU (d) UBFAJ
- 34.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
- 35.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
- 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
- 38.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
- 39.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 40.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
Answer key
- numbers and letter lists
- VIBGYOR
- Indian
- what each letter means
- 07/11/1952
- Green Kites Pink
- a list in a fixed order
- initials match the list
- the letters make no word
- 641 893 556
- Nani Red Jeeps
- well
- a silly, funny one
- 412 571 0411
- JOPK
- Nine Every Seven Wins
- chunking
- in the same order
- True
- BAGM
- April
- a rhyme
- My Nine Tiny
- 09/05/2006
- fight
- 900 125 032
- Neat Every Seven Wet
- 109 400 3218
- 3
- Uncle Runs Funny
- Seven Wet Grab
- AODC
- UBFAJ
- the rainbow colours
- 2
- indigo
- precipitation
- February
- 6
- chunking
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