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 is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 194 and 7
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) rake (b) free (c) one (d) rock
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
- 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 5.📅 The digits 20101993 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2010/19/93 (b) 201/019/93 (c) 20/10/1993 (d) 20/1019/93
- 6.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, fan, radio, jeep, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRJOG (b) FGRJO (c) OJRFG (d) GFRJO
- 8.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) sun (d) rain
- 9.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, jalebi, vase, glass, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JOVGW (b) JVGWO (c) OJVGW (d) WGVJO
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 933573852612. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9335 7382 612 (b) 9337 5385 2612 (c) 9335 7385 26612 (d) 9335 7385 2612
- 12.📅 The digits 18031955 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 180/319/55 (b) 18/03/1955 (c) 18/0319/55 (d) 1803/19/55
- 13.📅 The digits 13082007 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/0820/07 (b) 13/08/2007 (c) 1308/20/07 (d) 130/820/07
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 149288948. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 149 289 48 (b) 149 288 948 (c) 149 288 8948 (d) 149 288 984
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Eat Nine (b) Nine Eat Silly Wise (c) Eat Nine Silly Wise (d) Eat Silly Wise Nine
- 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 18.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it has fewer digits (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is printed bigger
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, onion, apple, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LAOT (b) TOAL (c) OALT (d) OTAL
- 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its colour
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 22.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) saying it backwards (c) writing it twice (d) reading very fast
- 23.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
- 24.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My Aunty Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly My Aunty (c) Jolly Frogs My Aunty (d) Aunty My Frogs Jolly
- 26.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, van, orange? (a) Vans Owls Tiny (b) Vans Tiny Owls (c) Owls Vans Tiny (d) Tiny Vans Owls
- 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
- 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, tent, shoe, watch, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTSWN (b) TSWNP (c) NWSTP (d) TPSWN
- 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) block (b) sock (c) bite (d) sing
- 31.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) numbers and letter lists
- 32.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they are always true (c) they need no practice (d) sound patterns stick
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 427041283. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 427 041 283 (b) 427 041 23 (c) 427 014 283 (d) 427 041 2833
- 35.🔤 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
- 36.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, ball, vase? (a) Vans Bunny Frogs (b) Bunny Vans Frogs (c) Bunny Frogs Vans (d) Frogs Bunny Vans
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 871956971561. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8719 5697 1561 (b) 8795 6971 561 (c) 8719 5697 15611 (d) 8719 5697 5161
- 39.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 710614138. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 710 614 18 (b) 710 614 138 (c) 710 614 1138 (d) 701 614 138
Answer key
- 19 and 47
- rock
- SWG
- the rainbow colours
- 20/10/1993
- 4
- GFRJO
- sun
- False
- OJVGW
- 9335 7385 2612
- 18/03/1955
- 13/08/2007
- 149 288 948
- Nine Eat Silly Wise
- chunking
- an acronym
- three chunks, not ten
- TOAL
- what each letter means
- in the same order
- splitting into groups
- first letters as a word
- north
- Jolly Frogs My Aunty
- True
- Tiny Vans Owls
- February
- PTSWN
- sing
- numbers and letter lists
- False
- sound patterns stick
- 427 041 283
- RSLF
- January
- Frogs Bunny Vans
- 8719 5697 1561
- True
- 710 614 138
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