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 word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) bell (d) rain
- 2.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) tree (d) sun
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 5272762073. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 527 276 62073 (b) 527 276 2037 (c) 527 276 2073 (d) 272 762 073
- 4.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 5.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) cold (c) free (d) fast
- 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) smell (b) run (c) free (d) wake
- 7.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
- 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) orange (c) indigo (d) yellow
- 9.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎵 Which word does “write” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) rain (d) sun
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bake (b) sock (c) shell (d) train
- 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, bucket, igloo? (a) Big Kind Ice (b) Kind Big Ice (c) Big Ice Kind (d) Ice Big Kind
- 14.✏️ 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
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Seven Wet (b) Eight Seven Wet Neat (c) Neat Eight Seven Wet (d) Wet Seven Eight Neat
- 16.📅 The digits 08061959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/619/59 (b) 08/06/1959 (c) 08/0619/59 (d) 0806/19/59
- 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
- 19.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for duck, cat, umbrella, radio, lemon is “___ Crazy Up Rani Love”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Cook (c) Wise (d) Jolly
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 670909852. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 670 909 852 (b) 670 909 8852 (c) 670 098 52 (d) 670 909 582
- 24.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) sea (c) key (d) chain
- 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
- 27.📅 The digits 15091953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1509/19/53 (b) 15/0919/53 (c) 150/919/53 (d) 15/09/1953
- 28.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 653965929270. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6539 6592 9270 (b) 6539 5929 270 (c) 6653 9659 29270 (d) 6539 6592 9207
- 30.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2570997152. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 570 997 152 (b) 250 799 7152 (c) 257 099 7152 (d) 257 009 97152
- 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) orange (d) blue
- 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for watch, pencil, jug, inkpot, guava is “Wise Pigs Jolly Ice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kids (b) Grab (c) Nani (d) Yaks
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
- 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) right (c) true (d) clear
- 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, ball, umbrella, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUBV (b) VBUG (c) BUGV (d) BVUG
- 38.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
- 39.🎵 Which word does “bun” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) night (d) bell
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 387341175419. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3873 4117 5419 (b) 3873 4111 75419 (c) 3873 4117 541 (d) 3874 3117 5419
Answer key
- rain
- sun
- 527 276 2073
- 4
- free
- free
- 19 and 47
- blue
- False
- night
- train
- a first-letter sentence
- Kind Big Ice
- initials match the list
- Neat Eight Seven Wet
- 08/06/1959
- April
- a silly, funny one
- 4
- adult
- Dogs
- in the same order
- 670 909 852
- red
- chain
- a first-letter sentence
- 15/09/1953
- 6
- 6539 6592 9270
- a rhyme
- 257 099 7152
- violet
- a first-letter sentence
- Grab
- MVEMJSUN
- true
- VBUG
- the letters make no word
- sun
- 3873 4117 5419
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