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 06101993 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/1019/93 (b) 061/019/93 (c) 06/10/1993 (d) 0610/19/93
- 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) known (c) right (d) true
- 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) tell (c) block (d) rock
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) bite (c) bright (d) ton
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, onion, cat? (a) Cats Owls Nani (b) Owls Nani Cats (c) Nani Owls Cats (d) Owls Cats Nani
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wet Neat (b) Neat Every Silly Wet (c) Every Neat Silly Wet (d) Wet Silly Every Neat
- 7.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 8.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) writing it twice
- 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
- 11.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) sea (b) run (c) sock (d) fight
- 13.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) one with no picture (c) a silly, funny one (d) a dull, plain one
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Silly ___ Green”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Love (c) Wise (d) Silly
- 16.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 4589232673. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 455 892 32673 (b) 548 923 2673 (c) 458 923 2673 (d) 589 232 673
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Play Ants (b) Love Play Ants Every (c) Ants Play Love Every (d) Every Love Play Ants
- 19.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
- 20.True or false: “knee” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 305624119134. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3056 2419 134 (b) 3305 6241 19134 (c) 3065 2411 9134 (d) 3056 2411 9134
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, doll, inkpot? (a) Dogs Cook Inside (b) Dogs Inside Cook (c) Cook Dogs Inside (d) Inside Dogs Cook
- 23.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) wing (b) sea (c) well (d) knee
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, whistle, ball, monkey, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMBWU (b) UWBMF (c) WBMFU (d) WUBMF
- 26.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) clock (c) bell (d) king
- 27.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 29.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, onion, pencil? (a) Old Vines Pigs (b) Pigs Old Vines (c) Vines Old Pigs (d) Old Pigs Vines
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, tiger, anchor? (a) Sing Tiny Ants (b) Ants Tiny Sing (c) Tiny Sing Ants (d) Tiny Ants Sing
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, pillow, ball, rope is “___ Pigs Bakes Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Fly (b) Goats (c) Kids (d) Rani
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eat Seven Wet (b) Eat Seven Wet Neat (c) Wet Seven Eat Neat (d) Eat Neat Seven Wet
- 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Europe (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for parrot, vase, ice cream, bucket, glass is “Pink Vans Inside ___ Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) All (c) Bakes (d) Mice
- 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, kettle, cat, tomato, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJCTL (b) KCTLJ (c) JKCTL (d) LTCKJ
- 38.📅 The digits 13051965 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/05/1965 (b) 1305/19/65 (c) 130/519/65 (d) 13/0519/65
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Sing Wins ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Kind (c) Toys (d) Jump
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, banana, frog? (a) Funny Big Owls (b) Big Owls Funny (c) Big Funny Owls (d) Owls Big Funny
Answer key
- 06/10/1993
- true
- tell
- ton
- Nani Owls Cats
- Neat Every Silly Wet
- initials match the list
- splitting into groups
- True
- Indian
- larva
- sock
- False
- a silly, funny one
- Wise
- True
- 458 923 2673
- Every Love Play Ants
- leaf
- False
- 3056 2411 9134
- Cook Dogs Inside
- 5
- wing
- UWBMF
- rain
- True
- chunking
- saffron
- Vines Old Pigs
- Sing Tiny Ants
- Goats
- Neat Eat Seven Wet
- True
- Europe
- Bakes
- JKCTL
- 13/05/1965
- Grab
- Owls Big Funny
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