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) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
- 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
- 3.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, cat, banana, tomato, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBTPD (b) PTBCD (c) CDBTP (d) DCBTP
- 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
- 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, spoon, van? (a) Silly Vines Nani (b) Nani Silly Vines (c) Vines Silly Nani (d) Silly Nani Vines
- 8.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) rain (d) tree
- 9.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) tree (d) king
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a dull, plain one
- 11.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) you like spelling (d) there is no list
- 12.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, lemon, needle? (a) Love Pigs Nine (b) Love Nine Pigs (c) Pigs Love Nine (d) Nine Love Pigs
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 775558900083. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7755 5890 0083 (b) 7755 5890 00083 (c) 7755 8590 0083 (d) 7755 5890 008
- 15.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 16.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) night (d) clock
- 17.True or false: “white” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 18.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
- 19.📅 The digits 15041968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1504/19/68 (b) 150/419/68 (c) 15/04/1968 (d) 15/0419/68
- 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
- 21.📅 The digits 12041983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1204/19/83 (b) 120/419/83 (c) 12/04/1983 (d) 12/0419/83
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Lions Every (c) Lions Every Pink Aunty (d) Lions Pink Aunty Every
- 23.📅 The digits 27061959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/06/1959 (b) 2706/19/59 (c) 270/619/59 (d) 27/0619/59
- 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) lock (c) won (d) sock
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 4780604598. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 478 060 4598 (b) 478 060 4958 (c) 478 060 45998 (d) 780 604 598
- 26.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, ladder, rose? (a) Pigs Lions Rani (b) Lions Pigs Rani (c) Lions Rani Pigs (d) Rani Lions Pigs
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, guava, watch, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSWT (b) GWTS (c) TWGS (d) SGWT
- 31.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) nothing at all (c) only numbers (d) only pictures
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, ice cream, jug, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIJU (b) IFJU (c) UJIF (d) IJUF
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, anchor, drum, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDAL (b) LADJ (c) ADJL (d) ALDJ
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pigs ___ Ink Sing Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Owls (c) Jolly (d) Aunty
- 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Neptune
- 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, wallet, guava? (a) Wet Green Cats (b) Green Wet Cats (c) Cats Wet Green (d) Wet Cats Green
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Red Love Frogs (b) Silly Love Frogs Red (c) Frogs Love Silly Red (d) Red Silly Love Frogs
- 39.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
Answer key
- 19 and 47
- green
- False
- DCBTP
- chunking
- an acronym
- Nani Silly Vines
- clock
- bell
- a silly, funny one
- the letters make no word
- False
- Pigs Love Nine
- 7755 5890 0083
- 5
- clock
- False
- initials match the list
- 15/04/1968
- collection
- 12/04/1983
- Every Lions Pink Aunty
- 27/06/1959
- won
- 478 060 4598
- True
- first letters as a word
- Pigs Lions Rani
- SWG
- SGWT
- numbers and letter lists
- FIJU
- LADJ
- Aunty
- Jupiter
- a first-letter sentence
- Cats Wet Green
- Red Silly Love Frogs
- True
- NESW
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