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 1533303693. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 133 303 693 (b) 153 333 03693 (c) 153 330 3693 (d) 513 330 3693
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) kite (c) bright (d) light
- 3.📅 The digits 14102023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 14/10/2023 (b) 14/1020/23 (c) 1410/20/23 (d) 141/020/23
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) in the same order
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, key, candle, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCKD (b) KDCP (c) DKCP (d) KCPD
- 7.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 7853150590. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 853 150 590 (b) 785 531 50590 (c) 785 315 0590 (d) 783 515 0590
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, igloo, rose, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRIG (b) IGRN (c) IRNG (d) GIRN
- 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Africa
- 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 13.📅 The digits 12041952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 120/419/52 (b) 12/0419/52 (c) 12/04/1952 (d) 1204/19/52
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wet Neat (b) Wet Sing Every Neat (c) Neat Every Sing Wet (d) Every Neat Sing Wet
- 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
- 16.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) king (d) rain
- 17.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) splitting into groups (c) writing it twice (d) saying it backwards
- 18.📅 The digits 28071984 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 280/719/84 (b) 2807/19/84 (c) 28/0719/84 (d) 28/07/1984
- 19.🔤 “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
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Sing (b) Wise Sing Grab (c) Wise Grab Sing (d) Sing Wise Grab
- 21.✏️ 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
- 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
- 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, van, banana, anchor, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRBAT (b) TABVR (c) RVBAT (d) VBATR
- 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 506453605880. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5064 5360 5880 (b) 5506 4536 05880 (c) 5045 3605 880 (d) 5604 5360 5880
- 28.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a rhyme about cats
- 29.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) nothing at all (c) only numbers (d) only pictures
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) thing (c) string (d) spring
- 31.True or false: “main” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) key (b) white (c) knee (d) three
- 34.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) violet
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) free (b) chain (c) kite (d) train
- 36.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cats Eight (b) Cats Eight Pink Cats (c) Eight Cats Cats Pink (d) Eight Cats Pink Cats
- 38.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 2391375325. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 239 133 75325 (b) 239 137 5325 (c) 239 175 325 (d) 239 317 5325
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) cane (b) main (c) lane (d) one
Answer key
- 153 330 3693
- done
- 14/10/2023
- a silly, funny one
- in the same order
- DKCP
- an acronym
- 785 315 0590
- GIRN
- Africa
- a list in a fixed order
- MVEMJSUN
- 12/04/1952
- Neat Every Sing Wet
- leaf
- king
- splitting into groups
- 28/07/1984
- green
- Sing Wise Grab
- the letters make no word
- chunking
- Mercury
- RSLF
- RVBAT
- what each letter means
- 5064 5360 5880
- initials match the list
- numbers and letter lists
- lock
- False
- Pacific
- white
- orange
- kite
- one word holds a list
- Eight Cats Pink Cats
- 3
- 239 137 5325
- one
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