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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, doll, watch? (a) Dogs Wet Very (b) Very Dogs Wet (c) Dogs Very Wet (d) Wet Dogs Very
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 6270422064. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 627 042 2604 (b) 627 042 2064 (c) 627 422 064 (d) 662 704 22064
- 3.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 4.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only pictures (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
- 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) indigo (d) violet
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 7.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for duck, fan, ice cream, goat is “Dance Frogs Ice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Ice (c) Grab (d) Yum
- 11.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 9596665125. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 959 666 125 (b) 959 666 5125 (c) 959 666 51225 (d) 959 666 1525
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, violin, anchor? (a) All Vines Owls (b) Vines All Owls (c) Vines Owls All (d) Owls Vines All
- 14.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) nothing else
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, needle, jug, ladder, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKJLW (b) WLJNK (c) KNJLW (d) NJLWK
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 2828162881. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 282 881 62881 (b) 282 816 2881 (c) 282 862 881 (d) 822 816 2881
- 17.📅 The digits 04012000 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 040/120/00 (b) 04/01/2000 (c) 0401/20/00 (d) 04/0120/00
- 18.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Crazy Eight (b) Eight Crazy Crazy Play (c) Crazy Eight Play Crazy (d) Eight Crazy Play Crazy
- 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 22.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eight ___ Play Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Crazy (b) Yaks (c) Kind (d) Lions
- 24.📅 The digits 12061982 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 120/619/82 (b) 1206/19/82 (c) 12/06/1982 (d) 12/0619/82
- 25.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
- 26.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
- 27.✏️ 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
- 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 29.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) king (c) bell (d) cake
- 30.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 194 and 7
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bun (b) white (c) rake (d) wing
- 32.📅 The digits 25081954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/0819/54 (b) 250/819/54 (c) 2508/19/54 (d) 25/08/1954
- 33.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 34.🧰 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
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lions Seven Red (b) Seven Lions Frogs Red (c) Seven Red Lions Frogs (d) Red Seven Lions Frogs
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) kite (c) rake (d) shake
- 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, guava, cat, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GLCR (b) RCGL (c) GCRL (d) LGCR
- 38.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) night (d) clock
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) snake (c) light (d) lake
- 40.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) bell (d) night
Answer key
- Very Dogs Wet
- 627 042 2064
- 3
- numbers and letter lists
- indigo
- in the same order
- the letters make no word
- AANSAEA
- PAISA
- Grab
- 5
- 959 666 5125
- Owls Vines All
- what each letter means
- KNJLW
- 282 816 2881
- 04/01/2000
- one word holds a list
- Eight Crazy Play Crazy
- ELPA
- a first-letter sentence
- False
- Lions
- 12/06/1982
- the rainbow colours
- splitting into groups
- a silly, funny one
- an acronym
- cake
- 19 and 47
- wing
- 25/08/1954
- 4
- an acronym
- Red Seven Lions Frogs
- kite
- LGCR
- night
- light
- rain
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