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 16011973 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 16/0119/73 (b) 1601/19/73 (c) 160/119/73 (d) 16/01/1973
- 2.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) nothing at all (c) only numbers (d) only pictures
- 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) snake (c) make (d) lake
- 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) blue (d) yellow
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, jalebi, igloo? (a) Jolly Funny Ice (b) Funny Jolly Ice (c) Jolly Ice Funny (d) Ice Jolly Funny
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani Eight Seven ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Mum (c) Wins (d) Lazy
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
- 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 9.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Wise Seven Grab
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for igloo, fan, ball, lemon is “Ice Frogs ___ Love”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Ice (c) Fly (d) Big
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, candle, flute, ant, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CRFAG (b) RCFAG (c) GAFCR (d) CFAGR
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, radio, shoe, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRSD (b) DSRJ (c) RSDJ (d) RJSD
- 14.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, drum, tiger, umbrella, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCTUB (b) BUTDC (c) DTUBC (d) CDTUB
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Eight Nine (b) Nine Eight Silly Wise (c) Eight Nine Silly Wise (d) Eight Silly Wise Nine
- 17.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
- 21.True or false: “rake” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
- 23.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
- 24.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, rose, kettle? (a) Rani Ink Kites (b) Rani Kites Ink (c) Ink Rani Kites (d) Kites Rani Ink
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, frog, igloo, kite, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFIKP (b) PKIFD (c) FIKPD (d) FDIKP
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 413064613875. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4130 6461 3875 (b) 4130 6461 375 (c) 4103 6461 3875 (d) 4130 6461 38875
- 28.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eight Nani (b) Nani Eight Sing Wise (c) Eight Sing Wise Nani (d) Eight Nani Sing Wise
- 30.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 32.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they need no practice (c) they are longer (d) sound patterns stick
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) snake (b) string (c) knock (d) fight
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) one (b) won (c) block (d) light
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bee (b) key (c) shake (d) train
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for orange, parrot, tent, whistle is “Owls Pink Tiny ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Funny (c) Uncle (d) Wet
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Pink All (b) Lazy Eat Pink All (c) Lazy Pink All Eat (d) All Pink Lazy Eat
- 38.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) a beat or a tune (c) saying it once quietly (d) writing it tiny
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 150998020704. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1509 9802 0074 (b) 1509 9880 20704 (c) 1509 9802 0704 (d) 1509 9802 704
- 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
Answer key
- 16/01/1973
- numbers and letter lists
- train
- yellow
- Funny Jolly Ice
- Wins
- in the same order
- a rhyme
- initials match the list
- Seven Wise Grab
- Big
- RCFAG
- JRSD
- chunking
- CDTUB
- Nine Eight Silly Wise
- True
- True
- False
- what each letter means
- False
- splitting into groups
- the letters make no word
- 2
- Ink Rani Kites
- DFIKP
- 4130 6461 3875
- the rainbow colours
- Nani Eight Sing Wise
- True
- chunking
- sound patterns stick
- string
- block
- shake
- Wet
- Eat Lazy Pink All
- a beat or a tune
- 1509 9802 0704
- Saturn
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