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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
- 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
- 3.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 4.📅 The digits 26051987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/05/1987 (b) 260/519/87 (c) 2605/19/87 (d) 26/0519/87
- 5.📅 The digits 17121970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 17/1219/70 (b) 17/12/1970 (c) 1712/19/70 (d) 171/219/70
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
- 7.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
- 8.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 958950612. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 958 950 12 (b) 598 950 612 (c) 958 950 612 (d) 958 950 6122
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 1660134247. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 166 103 4247 (b) 166 014 247 (c) 166 013 4247 (d) 166 013 42477
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for flute, guava, mango, orange, doll is “Frogs Green Mum ___ Dad”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Crazy (c) Goats (d) Big
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, owl, mango? (a) Mum Only Ink (b) Only Mum Ink (c) Ink Only Mum (d) Only Ink Mum
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) free (b) sell (c) light (d) rake
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 1340687624. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 134 068 724 (b) 134 068 76224 (c) 134 068 7624 (d) 314 068 7624
- 16.📅 The digits 18072001 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/07/2001 (b) 1807/20/01 (c) 18/0720/01 (d) 180/720/01
- 17.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 18.📅 The digits 25091957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2509/19/57 (b) 25/0919/57 (c) 25/09/1957 (d) 250/919/57
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 802774276. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 802 774 2776 (b) 082 774 276 (c) 802 774 276 (d) 802 772 76
- 20.📅 The digits 20021964 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2002/19/64 (b) 20/02/1964 (c) 200/219/64 (d) 20/0219/64
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 582129674236. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5812 2967 4236 (b) 5821 2967 42366 (c) 5821 2967 4236 (d) 8212 9674 236
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 7921401378. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 792 140 13378 (b) 792 401 378 (c) 792 140 1378 (d) 791 240 1378
- 23.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Ink Bunny ___ Yaks Only Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ink (b) Play (c) Vans (d) Green
- 25.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) king (d) sun
- 26.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 636224503. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 636 222 4503 (b) 636 225 03 (c) 636 242 503 (d) 636 224 503
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Goats (b) Sing Wise Goats (c) Wise Goats Sing (d) Goats Wise Sing
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Funny Red (b) Funny Lions Sing Red (c) Sing Red Lions Funny (d) Red Sing Lions Funny
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) free (b) string (c) ring (d) swing
- 32.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) cake (d) king
- 33.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) bell (c) night (d) sun
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 4128807600. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 412 880 7600 (b) 412 887 0600 (c) 412 880 700 (d) 412 880 07600
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, vase, rope? (a) Vans Goats Rani (b) Rani Vans Goats (c) Vans Rani Goats (d) Goats Vans Rani
- 36.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) wing (b) run (c) plane (d) bake
- 38.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) means something to you (c) is very long (d) changes daily
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for monkey, pencil, needle, whistle is “Mice Pigs Neat ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) My (c) Kids (d) Wise
- 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) again (c) fast (d) more
Answer key
- what each letter means
- a memory trick
- 7
- 26/05/1987
- 17/12/1970
- JFMA
- one word holds a list
- False
- 958 950 612
- 166 013 4247
- chunking
- Old
- Ink Only Mum
- sell
- 134 068 7624
- 18/07/2001
- True
- 25/09/1957
- 802 774 276
- 20/02/1964
- 5821 2967 4236
- 792 140 1378
- a first-letter sentence
- Green
- king
- 19 and 47
- 636 224 503
- Sing Wise Goats
- Red Sing Lions Funny
- a silly, funny one
- free
- cake
- tree
- 412 880 7600
- Goats Vans Rani
- False
- wing
- means something to you
- Wise
- more
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