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 4120553532. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 412 055 33532 (b) 412 553 532 (c) 412 055 3532 (d) 412 055 5332
- 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 367817872823. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3678 1788 72823 (b) 3687 1787 2823 (c) 3678 1787 2823 (d) 3678 1787 223
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, umbrella, flute? (a) Up Wet Fly (b) Wet Up Fly (c) Up Fly Wet (d) Fly Up Wet
- 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) violet
- 6.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
- 7.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
- 8.📅 The digits 11011965 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/119/65 (b) 11/0119/65 (c) 11/01/1965 (d) 1101/19/65
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) lake (c) wake (d) white
- 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 12.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 13.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 14.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 15.📅 The digits 13061950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/06/1950 (b) 1306/19/50 (c) 13/0619/50 (d) 130/619/50
- 16.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) bell (d) clock
- 17.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) sound patterns stick (c) they are longer (d) they need no practice
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 3594467833. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 395 446 7833 (b) 359 446 78833 (c) 359 446 833 (d) 359 446 7833
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for coconut, net, fan, kite is “Cook Nani Frogs ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Owls (c) Rani (d) Kids
- 20.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) tea (b) block (c) lock (d) bun
- 22.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) long (c) fast (d) free
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, van, sock? (a) Very Sing Jolly (b) Sing Very Jolly (c) Jolly Very Sing (d) Very Jolly Sing
- 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) learnt (c) done (d) over
- 25.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 26.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wise Nine (b) Wise Seven Every Nine (c) Nine Every Seven Wise (d) Every Nine Seven Wise
- 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, flute, needle, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFNJ (b) FNJG (c) JNFG (d) FGNJ
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
- 30.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) never say it (c) say it aloud often (d) read it once silently
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Lions Fly (b) Fly Lions Silly Runs (c) Runs Silly Lions Fly (d) Silly Lions Fly Runs
- 32.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) king (c) sun (d) bell
- 33.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Crazy Pink (b) Crazy Eight Pink Crazy (c) Eight Crazy Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Crazy Eight
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, guava, owl, igloo, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGOIW (b) WIOGP (c) GOIWP (d) GPOIW
- 36.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, net, radio? (a) Nine Under Rani (b) Under Nine Rani (c) Rani Nine Under (d) Nine Rani Under
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Ants Jolly (b) Funny Jolly My Ants (c) Jolly Funny My Ants (d) Ants My Funny Jolly
- 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) green (d) violet
Answer key
- 412 055 3532
- first letters as a word
- 3678 1787 2823
- Wet Up Fly
- blue
- means something to you
- MVEMJSUN
- 11/01/1965
- white
- a first-letter sentence
- a first-letter sentence
- 9
- 2
- True
- 13/06/1950
- tree
- sound patterns stick
- 359 446 7833
- Kids
- initials match the list
- bun
- free
- Jolly Very Sing
- done
- 5
- splitting into groups
- Nine Every Seven Wise
- GFNJ
- JFMA
- say it aloud often
- Runs Silly Lions Fly
- bell
- chunking
- Eight Crazy Pink Crazy
- PGOIW
- True
- Under Nine Rani
- ECPC
- Jolly Funny My Ants
- green
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