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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the oceans
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 584825899186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5848 2589 986 (b) 5848 5289 9186 (c) 5848 2589 9186 (d) 5884 8258 99186
- 3.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 4.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
- 6.📅 The digits 02091962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/0919/62 (b) 020/919/62 (c) 02/09/1962 (d) 0209/19/62
- 7.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) fun (c) won (d) tell
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “___ Aunty Neat Seven All Eight Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Yum (c) Eight (d) Nani
- 10.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
- 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 12.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) numbers and letter lists
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, guava, sock, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGSD (b) DSGK (c) GSDK (d) GKSD
- 14.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
- 15.True or false: “bite” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) leaf (d) flower
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Seven Wins (b) Wins Seven Eat Nine (c) Nine Eat Seven Wins (d) Eat Seven Wins Nine
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
- 19.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) splitting into groups (c) reading very fast (d) saying it backwards
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, lemon, net? (a) Lazy Nani Ants (b) Nani Lazy Ants (c) Ants Lazy Nani (d) Lazy Ants Nani
- 21.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) a dull, plain one
- 23.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
- 24.🎵 Which word does “snake” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) king (c) cake (d) rain
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 560145422344. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5601 4542 2344 (b) 5560 1454 22344 (c) 5601 4452 2344 (d) 5614 5422 344
- 26.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) sound patterns stick (c) they are always true (d) they are longer
- 27.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
- 28.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, umpire, mango, orange, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) URMOA (b) RUMOA (c) AOMUR (d) UMOAR
- 30.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) night (d) tree
- 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
- 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) three (b) plane (c) write (d) bite
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) knee (b) wing (c) chain (d) wake
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, nest, tomato, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBTM (b) NTMB (c) MTNB (d) BNTM
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, monkey, parrot? (a) My Neat Pigs (b) My Pigs Neat (c) Neat My Pigs (d) Pigs My Neat
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1735547388. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 173 554 7388 (b) 137 554 7388 (c) 173 557 388 (d) 173 555 47388
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 38.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 382562141541. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3825 6211 41541 (b) 3825 6214 1451 (c) 3825 6211 541 (d) 3825 6214 1541
- 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
Answer key
- the rainbow colours
- 5848 2589 9186
- initials match the list
- False
- one word holds a list
- 02/09/1962
- True
- tell
- Ants
- 19 and 47
- a list in a fixed order
- numbers and letter lists
- KGSD
- the letters make no word
- False
- flower
- Nine Eat Seven Wins
- PAISA
- splitting into groups
- Ants Lazy Nani
- 7
- a silly, funny one
- first letters as a word
- cake
- 5601 4542 2344
- sound patterns stick
- what each letter means
- True
- RUMOA
- night
- south
- three
- wing
- BNTM
- Neat My Pigs
- 173 554 7388
- an acronym
- root
- 3825 6214 1541
- evaporation
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