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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Very ___ Mum Jolly Seven Uncle Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Nine (c) Jump (d) Eat
- 2.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 996071302399. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9960 7130 2399 (b) 9996 0713 02399 (c) 9960 7102 399 (d) 9960 7103 2399
- 4.📅 The digits 15091962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/0919/62 (b) 1509/19/62 (c) 15/09/1962 (d) 150/919/62
- 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
- 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 7.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Seven Wise (b) Eat Seven Wise Nani (c) Wise Seven Eat Nani (d) Nani Eat Seven Wise
- 9.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 10.True or false: “white” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 574103742. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 574 103 742 (b) 574 410 3742 (c) 574 013 742 (d) 574 103 72
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 395045767886. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3950 4756 7886 (b) 3955 0457 67886 (c) 3950 4576 7886 (d) 3904 5767 886
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
- 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ink Big Grab Yaks ___ Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) Owls (c) Eat (d) Mum
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 6202525042. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 620 525 042 (b) 622 052 5042 (c) 620 225 25042 (d) 620 252 5042
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) shell (c) sell (d) sing
- 17.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) tree (d) bell
- 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
- 19.True or false: “bite” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Runs Silly ___ Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Lions (c) Eat (d) Pigs
- 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Earth
- 22.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) fast (c) more (d) twice
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jeeps Funny ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Frogs (c) Sing (d) Ants
- 25.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) bell (d) night
- 26.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
- 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
- 28.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 500865750. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 500 865 7750 (b) 500 865 75 (c) 500 865 750 (d) 508 065 750
- 30.📅 The digits 19021985 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/02/1985 (b) 190/219/85 (c) 19/0219/85 (d) 1902/19/85
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, ant, cat? (a) Ants Ice Cats (b) Ants Cats Ice (c) Cats Ants Ice (d) Ice Ants Cats
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 9622070164. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 962 207 0164 (b) 962 270 0164 (c) 962 207 01664 (d) 962 207 016
- 34.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) known (c) true (d) clear
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Sing Wins ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Only (b) Goats (c) Big (d) Love
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jug, pencil, bucket, shoe is “Jeeps Pigs Bakes ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lazy (b) Seven (c) Bunny (d) Very
- 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
- 39.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
- 40.📅 The digits 26081970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/0819/70 (b) 26/08/1970 (c) 260/819/70 (d) 2608/19/70
Answer key
- Eat
- 8
- 9960 7130 2399
- 15/09/1962
- egg
- what each letter means
- False
- Nani Eat Seven Wise
- 4
- False
- 574 103 742
- 3950 4576 7886
- ELPA
- Owls
- 620 252 5042
- sing
- rain
- chunking
- True
- Lions
- Jupiter
- False
- more
- Mice
- king
- 19 and 47
- first letters as a word
- False
- 500 865 750
- 19/02/1985
- JFMA
- Ice Ants Cats
- 962 207 0164
- true
- Goats
- Seven
- MVEMJSUN
- NESW
- one word holds a list
- 26/08/1970
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