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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, vase, monkey? (a) Frogs Vans Mum (b) Vans Mum Frogs (c) Vans Frogs Mum (d) Mum Vans Frogs
- 2.📅 The digits 05072001 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 050/720/01 (b) 0507/20/01 (c) 05/0720/01 (d) 05/07/2001
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 4.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) rain (d) clock
- 5.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
- 8.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 9.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Venus
- 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) bright (c) write (d) white
- 11.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
- 12.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they need no practice (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are longer
- 13.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, tent, jalebi? (a) Tiny Jump Wise (b) Tiny Wise Jump (c) Jump Tiny Wise (d) Wise Tiny Jump
- 15.🔤 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
- 16.True or false: “knee” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 633574633112. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6335 7463 31122 (b) 6335 7463 3112 (c) 3635 7463 3112 (d) 6337 4633 112
- 18.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 19.📅 The digits 02042004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0204/20/04 (b) 020/420/04 (c) 02/0420/04 (d) 02/04/2004
- 20.🔤 “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
- 21.📅 The digits 20062010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 20/06/2010 (b) 2006/20/10 (c) 200/620/10 (d) 20/0620/10
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 567260470290. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5672 6040 7290 (b) 5672 6070 290 (c) 5672 6047 0290 (d) 5672 6047 02900
- 23.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lane (b) train (c) plane (d) rock
- 25.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Seven Wise ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Crazy (c) Goats (d) Tea
- 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
- 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) kite (c) white (d) sea
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 904907569. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 904 907 659 (b) 909 075 69 (c) 904 907 569 (d) 904 907 7569
- 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) spring (b) block (c) shell (d) bite
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 507209960. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 507 209 60 (b) 507 209 690 (c) 550 720 9960 (d) 507 209 960
- 32.📅 The digits 17041967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 170/419/67 (b) 17/0419/67 (c) 17/04/1967 (d) 1704/19/67
- 33.📅 The digits 07102023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/10/2023 (b) 07/1020/23 (c) 071/020/23 (d) 0710/20/23
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, tent, guava, duck, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDGTP (b) TPGDF (c) PTGDF (d) TGDFP
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
- 37.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) a beat or a tune (c) writing it tiny (d) no rhythm at all
- 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
- 40.True or false: “done” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- Frogs Vans Mum
- 05/07/2001
- an acronym
- king
- False
- True
- a first-letter sentence
- initials match the list
- Earth
- bake
- the letters make no word
- sound patterns stick
- stem
- Wise Tiny Jump
- RSLF
- False
- 6335 7463 3112
- True
- 02/04/2004
- saffron
- 20/06/2010
- 5672 6047 0290
- False
- rock
- True
- Goats
- north
- sea
- 904 907 569
- bite
- 507 209 960
- 17/04/1967
- 07/10/2023
- PTGDF
- VIBGYOR
- in the same order
- a beat or a tune
- True
- first letters as a word
- False
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