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.📅 The digits 14061983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 14/06/1983 (b) 14/0619/83 (c) 1406/19/83 (d) 140/619/83
- 2.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 3.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Southern
- 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
- 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Venus
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ice Bunny ___ Young Only Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) Fly (c) Grab (d) Cats
- 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) done (c) ended (d) over
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, vase, parrot, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UPVC (b) VCPU (c) VPUC (d) CVPU
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Grab (b) Wet Sing Grab (c) Grab Wet Sing (d) Wet Grab Sing
- 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) lock (c) shock (d) sock
- 11.📅 The digits 26022017 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 260/220/17 (b) 26/02/2017 (c) 26/0220/17 (d) 2602/20/17
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 6154199350. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 615 541 99350 (b) 615 419 9350 (c) 615 419 935 (d) 615 149 9350
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 412525115. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 125 251 15 (b) 412 255 115 (c) 411 252 5115 (d) 412 525 115
- 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, fan, cat? (a) Mice Frogs Cook (b) Frogs Mice Cook (c) Frogs Cook Mice (d) Cook Frogs Mice
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, net, umbrella, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNUL (b) LUNG (c) NULG (d) NGUL
- 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) spell (b) rake (c) knee (d) cane
- 18.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) sun (d) cake
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
- 20.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Cook Every (c) Cook Pink Cats Every (d) Every Cook Pink Cats
- 22.📅 The digits 25122023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2512/20/23 (b) 251/220/23 (c) 25/1220/23 (d) 25/12/2023
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a dull, plain one
- 24.True or false: “tea” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) know (c) learn (d) say
- 26.True or false: “spring” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, tomato, vase, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TIVC (b) ITVC (c) TVCI (d) CVTI
- 29.📅 The digits 17081997 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 17/08/1997 (b) 170/819/97 (c) 1708/19/97 (d) 17/0819/97
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “All Aunty Nani Seven ___ Every Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Eat (c) Under (d) Only
- 31.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for lemon, rope, onion, drum is “Lions ___ Only Dance”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Rani (c) Under (d) Every
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eat Sing Wins (b) Eat Sing Wins Nani (c) Wins Sing Eat Nani (d) Eat Nani Sing Wins
- 34.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) nothing at all (c) only numbers (d) only pictures
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani Eight Silly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Wise (c) Cats (d) Bunny
- 36.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
- 37.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) rain (d) tree
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) light (b) knee (c) spell (d) ton
- 40.🔤 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
Answer key
- 14/06/1983
- 2
- Pacific
- the rainbow colours
- Neptune
- Grab
- done
- CVPU
- Sing Wet Grab
- bright
- 26/02/2017
- 615 419 9350
- 412 525 115
- ELPA
- Mice Frogs Cook
- GNUL
- rake
- rain
- AANSAEA
- Southern
- Every Cook Pink Cats
- 25/12/2023
- a silly, funny one
- False
- know
- False
- 3
- ITVC
- 17/08/1997
- Aunty
- False
- Rani
- Nani Eat Sing Wins
- numbers and letter lists
- Wise
- one word holds a list
- sun
- an acronym
- ton
- VIBGYOR
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