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.🔢 You want to remember the number 700666974. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 700 666 974 (b) 706 066 974 (c) 700 666 74 (d) 700 666 9974
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wet Goats (b) Wet Silly Goats (c) Goats Wet Silly (d) Wet Goats Silly
- 3.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) king (c) rain (d) bell
- 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) known (c) right (d) true
- 5.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) there is no list (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
- 6.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 7.📅 The digits 23022025 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 23/02/2025 (b) 23/0220/25 (c) 230/220/25 (d) 2302/20/25
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 453171263430. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4531 7126 4330 (b) 4533 1712 63430 (c) 4531 7126 3430 (d) 4317 1263 430
- 9.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔢 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
- 11.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
- 13.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 628209285. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 628 209 285 (b) 628 029 285 (c) 662 820 9285 (d) 682 092 85
- 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) indigo (c) red (d) orange
- 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) make (c) lake (d) sock
- 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cats Eat (b) Cats Pink Cook Eat (c) Cook Eat Pink Cats (d) Eat Cook Pink Cats
- 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) snake (b) shake (c) brain (d) ring
- 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
- 22.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) reading very fast (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lazy Eat (b) Lazy Pink Aunty Eat (c) Lazy Eat Pink Aunty (d) Eat Lazy Pink Aunty
- 24.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 25.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 26.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
- 27.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) pupa (d) larva
- 28.📅 The digits 12111971 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1211/19/71 (b) 121/119/71 (c) 12/1119/71 (d) 12/11/1971
- 29.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) main (b) wake (c) lake (d) rake
- 31.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 2845890322. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 284 590 322 (b) 284 589 0322 (c) 284 589 03222 (d) 248 589 0322
- 33.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 34.📅 The digits 13042020 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/0420/20 (b) 130/420/20 (c) 1304/20/20 (d) 13/04/2020
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, tent, ant? (a) Aunty Tea Wet (b) Tea Wet Aunty (c) Wet Tea Aunty (d) Tea Aunty Wet
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) bake (c) well (d) snake
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eat ___ Pink Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Love (c) Only (d) Inside
- 38.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 444078889090. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4407 8889 090 (b) 4440 7888 9009 (c) 4440 7888 89090 (d) 4440 7888 9090
- 40.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) sound patterns stick (c) they need no practice (d) they are longer
Answer key
- 700 666 974
- Silly Wet Goats
- tree
- true
- the letters make no word
- green
- 23/02/2025
- 4531 7126 3430
- False
- three chunks, not ten
- initials match the list
- a silly, funny one
- a first-letter sentence
- 628 209 285
- blue
- VIBGYOR
- sock
- pupa
- Eat Cook Pink Cats
- ring
- MVEMJSUN
- splitting into groups
- Eat Lazy Pink Aunty
- saffron
- what each letter means
- a list in a fixed order
- larva
- 12/11/1971
- a rhyme
- main
- 7
- 284 589 0322
- 3
- 13/04/2020
- Wet Tea Aunty
- well
- Love
- 7
- 4440 7888 9090
- sound patterns stick
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