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 154897803503. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5489 7803 503 (b) 1548 9780 3503 (c) 1548 9780 3053 (d) 1548 9780 35003
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wise Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Play (c) Seven (d) Green
- 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Earth
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) knock (b) rake (c) done (d) light
- 5.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 6.✏️ 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
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, parrot, van, nest, watch is “___ Pigs Very Neat Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kites (b) Tiny (c) Green (d) Cook
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
- 9.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 10.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 11.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 12.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) rain (c) clock (d) cake
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
- 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 15.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 1561600575. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 156 160 075 (b) 155 616 00575 (c) 165 160 0575 (d) 156 160 0575
- 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, orange, goat? (a) Grab Only Jolly (b) Jolly Only Grab (c) Only Jolly Grab (d) Only Grab Jolly
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, anchor, candle, glass, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACGPF (b) FACGP (c) PGCAF (d) AFCGP
- 20.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 21.True or false: “cane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) GWS
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very ___ Big Goats Young Old Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Inside (b) Tiny (c) Every (d) Kites
- 24.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) violet (d) red
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pink All (b) All Pink Love Every (c) Every Love Pink All (d) Love Pink All Every
- 26.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 27.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, pencil, lamp, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKLD (b) DLPK (c) KPLD (d) PLDK
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for urn, jalebi, cat, vase is “___ Jolly Cats Vines”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Rani (c) Under (d) Kind
- 30.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lane (b) train (c) lock (d) main
- 32.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
- 33.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pink All Every (b) Every Lions Pink All (c) Lions Every Pink All (d) All Pink Lions Every
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) brain (c) cane (d) bee
- 36.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) cake (d) king
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) sing (b) shell (c) bite (d) kite
- 39.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
- 40.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
Answer key
- 1548 9780 3503
- Seven
- Mercury
- light
- True
- the letters make no word
- Cook
- RSLF
- 7
- 2
- 8
- rain
- AANSAEA
- an acronym
- the rainbow colours
- 156 160 0575
- orange
- Jolly Only Grab
- FACGP
- a list in a fixed order
- True
- SWG
- Inside
- red
- Every Love Pink All
- 7
- what each letter means
- KPLD
- Under
- first letters as a word
- lock
- means something to you
- initials match the list
- Every Lions Pink All
- bee
- king
- in the same order
- shell
- an acronym
- chunking
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