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.🧰 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
- 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) green (d) yellow
- 3.📅 The digits 19052012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 190/520/12 (b) 19/0520/12 (c) 1905/20/12 (d) 19/05/2012
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 629617612215. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6296 1761 2215 (b) 6296 1761 12215 (c) 6261 7612 215 (d) 6291 6761 2215
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 401234608. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 412 346 08 (b) 401 234 608 (c) 402 134 608 (d) 400 123 4608
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fun (b) run (c) lake (d) ton
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 9404080580. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 940 408 80580 (b) 940 408 058 (c) 490 408 0580 (d) 940 408 0580
- 8.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) one (c) star (d) planet
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 217551349. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 217 551 3449 (b) 217 551 349 (c) 217 551 39 (d) 217 515 349
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 1059118776. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 105 911 876 (b) 105 911 87776 (c) 105 911 8776 (d) 015 911 8776
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 3428205132. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 342 820 05132 (b) 342 820 5132 (c) 342 802 5132 (d) 342 820 513
- 12.📅 The digits 03032004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/0320/04 (b) 030/320/04 (c) 03/03/2004 (d) 0303/20/04
- 13.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “free” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 16.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it is printed bigger (c) it has fewer digits (d) three chunks, not ten
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 232528513. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 232 528 513 (b) 232 528 8513 (c) 225 285 13 (d) 232 582 513
- 18.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Play ___ Inside Silly Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Runs (b) Eight (c) Kites (d) Ants
- 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) main (b) spring (c) sea (d) one
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 22.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
- 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) sell (c) lake (d) wake
- 24.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
- 25.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
- 26.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) make (c) sell (d) tell
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, violin, rope, lemon, guava is “Dance Very Runs ___ Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Ants (c) Frogs (d) Sing
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, lamp, kite? (a) Lions Kites Nani (b) Nani Lions Kites (c) Kites Lions Nani (d) Lions Nani Kites
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, key, ice cream? (a) Kites Ink Neat (b) Kites Neat Ink (c) Ink Kites Neat (d) Neat Kites Ink
- 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
- 33.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) reading very fast (c) writing it twice (d) saying it backwards
- 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Mercury
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, jug, ball, violin, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVBJL (b) JBVOL (c) LJBVO (d) JLBVO
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Every (b) Crazy Pink Cats Every (c) Every Crazy Pink Cats (d) Crazy Every Pink Cats
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jump Fly Mice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Dogs (c) Fly (d) Kind
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, kettle, anchor? (a) Big Kites Ants (b) Kites Big Ants (c) Ants Kites Big (d) Kites Ants Big
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, doll, watch? (a) Dogs Only Wins (b) Wins Dogs Only (c) Only Dogs Wins (d) Dogs Wins Only
Answer key
- chunking
- yellow
- 19/05/2012
- 6296 1761 2215
- 401 234 608
- lake
- 940 408 0580
- one
- 217 551 349
- 105 911 8776
- 342 820 5132
- 03/03/2004
- False
- True
- 2
- three chunks, not ten
- 232 528 513
- means something to you
- Ants
- one
- an acronym
- a first-letter sentence
- sell
- the letters make no word
- a first-letter sentence
- False
- make
- Lions
- JFMA
- Nani Lions Kites
- Neat Kites Ink
- a memory trick
- splitting into groups
- Venus
- LJBVO
- Every Crazy Pink Cats
- Aunty
- an acronym
- Big Kites Ants
- Only Dogs Wins
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