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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) fight (c) thing (d) wing
- 3.📅 The digits 01031955 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/03/1955 (b) 0103/19/55 (c) 010/319/55 (d) 01/0319/55
- 4.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) change it each day (c) read it once silently (d) never say it
- 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
- 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) wake (b) done (c) write (d) block
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 2714966914. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 274 966 914 (b) 271 496 69914 (c) 271 469 6914 (d) 271 496 6914
- 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 732550255263. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7325 5025 5623 (b) 7325 5502 55263 (c) 7325 5025 5263 (d) 7325 5025 263
- 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) planet (c) world (d) one
- 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
- 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
- 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
- 16.📅 The digits 10101967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/1019/67 (b) 1010/19/67 (c) 101/019/67 (d) 10/10/1967
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spring (b) knee (c) ring (d) string
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 844901499. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 844 901 49 (b) 844 901 499 (c) 844 901 4999 (d) 484 901 499
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, ball, violin? (a) Bakes Vans Dogs (b) Dogs Bakes Vans (c) Vans Bakes Dogs (d) Bakes Dogs Vans
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, banana, ice cream? (a) Big Dance Inside (b) Inside Big Dance (c) Big Inside Dance (d) Dance Big Inside
- 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) leaf (d) flower
- 24.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
- 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) wing (b) write (c) tell (d) smell
- 27.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 427130567. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 427 135 67 (b) 427 135 067 (c) 427 713 0567 (d) 427 130 567
- 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Arctic
- 30.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Indian
- 31.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 4421782600. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 421 782 600 (b) 442 178 2600 (c) 424 178 2600 (d) 442 178 22600
- 34.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 116920450. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 116 924 50 (b) 116 920 450 (c) 116 290 450 (d) 111 692 0450
- 36.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, whistle, anchor? (a) Wise Jeeps All (b) Wise All Jeeps (c) All Wise Jeeps (d) Jeeps Wise All
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, umbrella, lemon? (a) Uncle Aunty Love (b) Uncle Love Aunty (c) Aunty Uncle Love (d) Love Uncle Aunty
- 39.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, umbrella, candle? (a) Funny Up Cats (b) Up Funny Cats (c) Up Cats Funny (d) Cats Up Funny
Answer key
- an acronym
- fight
- 01/03/1955
- say it aloud often
- the rainbow colours
- done
- in the same order
- RSLF
- 271 496 6914
- chunking
- 7325 5025 5263
- one
- a list in a fixed order
- ECPC
- precipitation
- 10/10/1967
- knee
- 844 901 499
- Dogs Bakes Vans
- Dance Big Inside
- False
- True
- stem
- initials match the list
- PAISA
- wing
- 19 and 47
- 427 130 567
- Atlantic
- Arctic
- False
- MVEMJSUN
- 442 178 2600
- numbers and letter lists
- 116 920 450
- 6
- Jeeps Wise All
- Aunty Uncle Love
- leaf
- Funny Up Cats
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