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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
- 2.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, ladder, net? (a) Lions Ants Nine (b) Nine Lions Ants (c) Ants Lions Nine (d) Lions Nine Ants
- 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
- 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) lake (b) shake (c) kite (d) shock
- 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) fast (c) twice (d) more
- 7.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
- 9.✏️ 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
- 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) swing (b) tell (c) well (d) shell
- 11.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) king (d) night
- 12.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 13.📅 The digits 09011975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/0119/75 (b) 09/01/1975 (c) 0901/19/75 (d) 090/119/75
- 14.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, sock, watch, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMWK (b) SWKM (c) MSWK (d) KWSM
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 425219511. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 452 219 511 (b) 442 521 9511 (c) 425 219 51 (d) 425 219 511
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wise Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Mum (c) Pink (d) Lions
- 18.📅 The digits 06021995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0602/19/95 (b) 06/02/1995 (c) 060/219/95 (d) 06/0219/95
- 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 543822281951. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5438 2282 1951 (b) 5438 2228 1951 (c) 5482 2281 951 (d) 5438 2228 81951
- 21.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
- 22.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
- 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) chain (b) lake (c) done (d) white
- 24.📅 The digits 18101953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/1019/53 (b) 1810/19/53 (c) 18/10/1953 (d) 181/019/53
- 25.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
- 26.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Aunty Aunty Nine Sing All ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Nani (c) Eat (d) Dance
- 28.📅 The digits 26091983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 260/919/83 (b) 2609/19/83 (c) 26/0919/83 (d) 26/09/1983
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 817981894. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 881 798 1894 (b) 817 981 894 (c) 819 818 94 (d) 817 918 894
- 30.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) shake (b) three (c) shock (d) write
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “___ Ants Ink Seven Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Every (c) Kind (d) Pigs
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 935336903. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 935 363 903 (b) 933 369 03 (c) 935 336 903 (d) 935 533 6903
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Goats (b) Wins Goats Sing (c) Goats Wins Sing (d) Sing Wins Goats
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, onion, jug? (a) Only Jump Funny (b) Funny Only Jump (c) Jump Only Funny (d) Only Funny Jump
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, inkpot, sock, coconut, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCSIW (b) IWSCK (c) WISCK (d) ISCKW
- 37.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 38.📅 The digits 12031970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 120/319/70 (b) 1203/19/70 (c) 12/0319/70 (d) 12/03/1970
- 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) sing (b) bun (c) bright (d) smell
- 40.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
Answer key
- the rainbow colours
- False
- Ants Lions Nine
- an acronym
- kite
- more
- False
- SWG
- a silly, funny one
- swing
- king
- initials match the list
- 09/01/1975
- splitting into groups
- MSWK
- 425 219 511
- Silly
- 06/02/1995
- an acronym
- 5438 2228 1951
- three chunks, not ten
- numbers and letter lists
- lake
- 18/10/1953
- means something to you
- the letters make no word
- Eat
- 26/09/1983
- 817 981 894
- 5
- three
- Pigs
- 935 336 903
- Sing Wins Goats
- Funny Only Jump
- WISCK
- 6
- 12/03/1970
- bright
- root
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