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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
- 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) free (c) long (d) cold
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, pillow, radio? (a) Play Runs Jeeps (b) Play Jeeps Runs (c) Jeeps Play Runs (d) Runs Play Jeeps
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) spell (c) light (d) white
- 5.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) violet (d) red
- 7.📅 The digits 21101984 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 21/10/1984 (b) 21/1019/84 (c) 2110/19/84 (d) 211/019/84
- 8.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
- 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, monkey, coconut, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MCAL (b) MLCA (c) ACML (d) LMCA
- 12.📅 The digits 06051967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/0519/67 (b) 06/05/1967 (c) 060/519/67 (d) 0605/19/67
- 13.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) clock (d) bell
- 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, kite, drum, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDKN (b) KNDC (c) KDCN (d) NKDC
- 15.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) light (b) chain (c) knock (d) make
- 17.📅 The digits 26091950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/0919/50 (b) 26/09/1950 (c) 2609/19/50 (d) 260/919/50
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) sell (b) free (c) thing (d) well
- 19.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 20.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) night (d) tree
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, jalebi, rope? (a) Jeeps Red Ants (b) Jeeps Ants Red (c) Red Jeeps Ants (d) Ants Jeeps Red
- 22.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, goat, jug? (a) Goats Jolly Cats (b) Jolly Goats Cats (c) Cats Goats Jolly (d) Goats Cats Jolly
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, rope, parrot, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RSPV (b) VPRS (c) RPVS (d) SRPV
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 328816659. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 328 816 65 (b) 322 881 6659 (c) 382 816 659 (d) 328 816 659
- 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 8266552909. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 826 655 2990 (b) 266 552 909 (c) 826 655 52909 (d) 826 655 2909
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 597873402. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 597 783 402 (b) 597 787 3402 (c) 598 734 02 (d) 597 873 402
- 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 124957129. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 142 957 129 (b) 122 495 7129 (c) 124 957 129 (d) 249 571 29
- 31.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) learn (c) say (d) know
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (b) Cook Pigs Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Pigs Cook (d) Cats Eight Pigs Cook
- 33.✏️ 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 Seven Grab (c) Seven Wet Grab (d) Wet Grab Seven
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play Aunty Eight (b) Aunty Play Love Eight (c) Love Eight Play Aunty (d) Eight Love Play Aunty
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 8827740820. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 882 774 0820 (b) 882 740 820 (c) 882 774 08200 (d) 882 770 4820
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 146529994506. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1462 9994 506 (b) 1645 2999 4506 (c) 1465 2999 4506 (d) 1465 2999 45066
- 38.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eight Seven Wet (b) Eight Seven Wet Nine (c) Wet Seven Eight Nine (d) Eight Nine Seven Wet
- 40.📅 The digits 17071957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 17/0719/57 (b) 1707/19/57 (c) 170/719/57 (d) 17/07/1957
Answer key
- chunking
- free
- Jeeps Play Runs
- spell
- False
- green
- 21/10/1984
- three chunks, not ten
- JFMA
- Earth
- LMCA
- 06/05/1967
- cake
- NKDC
- True
- light
- 26/09/1950
- thing
- 5
- night
- Ants Jeeps Red
- one word holds a list
- Cats Goats Jolly
- SRPV
- SWG
- 328 816 659
- west
- 826 655 2909
- 597 873 402
- 124 957 129
- know
- Eight Cats Pigs Cook
- Seven Wet Grab
- VIBGYOR
- Eight Love Play Aunty
- 882 774 0820
- 1465 2999 4506
- 8
- Nine Eight Seven Wet
- 17/07/1957
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