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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for vase, mirror, fan, drum, key is “Very Mum Funny Dance ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Love (c) Cook (d) Red
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) block (b) shock (c) knock (d) bright
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 398977811082. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3989 7781 1082 (b) 9389 7781 1082 (c) 3989 7781 082 (d) 3398 9778 11082
- 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
- 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) main (b) sock (c) smell (d) rake
- 8.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) games (c) steps (d) tricks
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tiger, mirror, kite, sock is “Toys Mum Kids ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) Mice (c) Silly (d) Pink
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants All Neat Sing Aunty Every ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tiny (b) Bunny (c) Green (d) Aunty
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Play Lazy Eat (b) Lazy Play All Eat (c) Eat Lazy Play All (d) Lazy Eat Play All
- 14.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) cake (d) tree
- 15.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) more (c) twice (d) again
- 16.✏️ 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
- 17.📅 The digits 24061956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 240/619/56 (b) 24/06/1956 (c) 2406/19/56 (d) 24/0619/56
- 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
- 19.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 20.📅 The digits 05051966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 050/519/66 (b) 0505/19/66 (c) 05/05/1966 (d) 05/0519/66
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 348892683. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 348 892 863 (b) 348 892 2683 (c) 488 926 83 (d) 348 892 683
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 390811422883. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3908 1422 883 (b) 3908 1142 22883 (c) 3908 1142 2883 (d) 3098 1142 2883
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 985618440. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 985 618 40 (b) 895 618 440 (c) 985 611 8440 (d) 985 618 440
- 24.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, owl, igloo, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOIB (b) OIBK (c) BIOK (d) OKIB
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps Mum All (b) Funny Mum All Jeeps (c) Jeeps Funny Mum All (d) All Mum Funny Jeeps
- 27.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) bell (d) rain
- 28.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) nothing at all
- 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) star (c) world (d) one
- 30.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Arctic
- 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) smell (b) spell (c) knee (d) sock
- 33.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) king (d) tree
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, owl, vase, ball, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVBPC (b) OCVBP (c) PBVOC (d) COVBP
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violin, goat, frog, drum, watch is “Very Green ___ Dance Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Goats (c) Bakes (d) Frogs
- 36.📅 The digits 07051952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/05/1952 (b) 07/0519/52 (c) 070/519/52 (d) 0705/19/52
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, tiger, urn? (a) Under Toys Silly (b) Toys Silly Under (c) Silly Toys Under (d) Toys Under Silly
- 38.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 583871018292. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5838 7101 82992 (b) 5838 7108 1292 (c) 5838 7101 8292 (d) 5838 7118 292
Answer key
- Kind
- bright
- 3989 7781 1082
- chunking
- PAISA
- the rainbow colours
- main
- tricks
- Silly
- Aunty
- a rhyme
- RSLF
- Eat Lazy Play All
- rain
- more
- a silly, funny one
- 24/06/1956
- in the same order
- saffron
- 05/05/1966
- 348 892 683
- 3908 1142 2883
- 985 618 440
- first letters as a word
- KOIB
- Jeeps Funny Mum All
- rain
- numbers and letter lists
- one
- False
- Arctic
- sock
- tree
- COVBP
- Frogs
- 07/05/1952
- Silly Toys Under
- 6
- NESW
- 5838 7101 8292
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