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.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, urn, whistle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UWBV (b) UVWB (c) VUWB (d) BWUV
- 2.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: “bite” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 5.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 6.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) yellow (b) violet (c) green (d) red
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, jalebi, ball? (a) Vans Jump Bunny (b) Jump Bunny Vans (c) Bunny Jump Vans (d) Jump Vans Bunny
- 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for urn, candle, guava, rope is “Uncle Cook Goats ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Jump (c) Rani (d) Dance
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 4237012520. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 423 370 12520 (b) 423 701 2520 (c) 423 702 520 (d) 423 701 2250
- 10.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
- 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
- 12.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, key, apple, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLAP (b) PAKL (c) LKAP (d) KAPL
- 14.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “All Ants ___ Sing Aunty Every Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Rani (c) My (d) Dogs
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
- 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
- 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 20.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
- 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
- 23.📅 The digits 03091954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/0919/54 (b) 030/919/54 (c) 0309/19/54 (d) 03/09/1954
- 24.📅 The digits 21021962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 21/02/1962 (b) 21/0219/62 (c) 2102/19/62 (d) 210/219/62
- 25.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) twice (c) fast (d) again
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, glass, needle? (a) Nine Goats Aunty (b) Goats Nine Aunty (c) Aunty Goats Nine (d) Goats Aunty Nine
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Every Sing Wet (b) Every Neat Sing Wet (c) Wet Sing Every Neat (d) Every Sing Wet Neat
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) ton (b) kite (c) rock (d) free
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for net, umpire, tomato, van, rope is “Nani Up Tiny ___ Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Mice (c) Vans (d) Pink
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 764629911621. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7646 9291 1621 (b) 7646 2991 1621 (c) 7646 6299 11621 (d) 7646 2911 621
- 32.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) bun (b) sea (c) shell (d) write
- 34.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) king (d) tree
- 35.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) true (c) known (d) right
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vans Every ___ Jolly Sing Under Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Uncle (b) Young (c) Green (d) Mice
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, lemon, cat? (a) Crazy Love All (b) All Love Crazy (c) Love Crazy All (d) Love All Crazy
- 38.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) thing (c) wake (d) spring
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 603196063725. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6031 9603 6725 (b) 6033 1960 63725 (c) 6031 9606 3725 (d) 6039 6063 725
Answer key
- VUWB
- False
- False
- 19 and 47
- 5
- red
- Vans Jump Bunny
- Rani
- 423 701 2520
- initials match the list
- one word holds a list
- 5
- LKAP
- saffron
- chunking
- Nani
- MVEMJSUN
- chunking
- an acronym
- 2
- in the same order
- flower
- 03/09/1954
- 21/02/1962
- True
- more
- Aunty Goats Nine
- Neat Every Sing Wet
- free
- Vans
- 7646 2991 1621
- what each letter means
- shell
- night
- true
- Mice
- All Love Crazy
- larva
- wake
- 6031 9606 3725
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