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.📅 The digits 19082020 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1908/20/20 (b) 190/820/20 (c) 19/0820/20 (d) 19/08/2020
- 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 3.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) backwards
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
- 6.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) night (d) rain
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Grab (b) Grab Wise Sing (c) Sing Wise Grab (d) Wise Grab Sing
- 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Inside Big Goats Yaks Old ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Jeeps (c) Ants (d) Nani
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 729948924. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 729 948 924 (b) 729 498 924 (c) 729 948 9224 (d) 799 489 24
- 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) sell (b) main (c) shake (d) ring
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, banana, net, rope, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BINRV (b) IBNRV (c) BNRVI (d) VRNBI
- 13.📅 The digits 23041957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 23/0419/57 (b) 23/04/1957 (c) 2304/19/57 (d) 230/419/57
- 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
- 15.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Silly Runs (b) Silly Love Funny Runs (c) Runs Silly Love Funny (d) Silly Runs Love Funny
- 17.True or false: “brain” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
- 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 133150149781. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1331 5014 49781 (b) 1335 0149 781 (c) 1331 5014 9781 (d) 1331 5104 9781
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 407998022886. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4079 9802 22886 (b) 4079 9820 2886 (c) 4079 9802 2886 (d) 0799 8022 886
- 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 23.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) South America (d) Antarctica
- 24.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
- 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) wake (b) well (c) chain (d) knock
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) fun (c) wake (d) ton
- 28.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only pictures
- 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) planet (c) star (d) one
- 30.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
- 31.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) saying it backwards (c) reading very fast (d) writing it twice
- 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) tell (c) well (d) shell
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Every Nani (b) Every Nani Silly Wins (c) Nani Every Silly Wins (d) Every Silly Wins Nani
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, bucket, fan, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFBW (b) BWFM (c) WBFM (d) BFMW
- 35.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) tree (d) cake
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My ___ Eat Mice Jeeps Silly Up Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Love (c) Owls (d) Yaks
- 37.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
- 38.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ice Bunny Goats ___ Only Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yum (b) Toys (c) Jeeps (d) Runs
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Silly Lions Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Vans (c) Eat (d) Red
Answer key
- 19/08/2020
- an acronym
- 5
- in the same order
- ELPA
- king
- Sing Wise Grab
- Rani
- 729 948 924
- a rhyme
- ring
- IBNRV
- 23/04/1957
- a memory trick
- initials match the list
- Runs Silly Love Funny
- True
- NESW
- Neptune
- 1331 5014 9781
- 4079 9802 2886
- chunking
- South America
- the rainbow colours
- a silly, funny one
- well
- wake
- numbers and letter lists
- one
- what each letter means
- splitting into groups
- bun
- Nani Every Silly Wins
- WBFM
- cake
- Very
- the letters make no word
- one word holds a list
- Yum
- Red
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