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 violin, umbrella, drum, watch, frog is “___ Up Dogs Wins Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) Mum (c) Tiny (d) Vines
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 892137914. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 889 213 7914 (b) 829 137 914 (c) 821 379 14 (d) 892 137 914
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 4.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, nest, umpire? (a) Neat Under Silly (b) Under Neat Silly (c) Neat Silly Under (d) Silly Neat Under
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Play All (b) All Play Lions Eat (c) Lions Play All Eat (d) Eat Lions Play All
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for duck, watch, fan, kite, rope is “Dogs ___ Frogs Kind Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) My (b) Wins (c) Tiny (d) Fly
- 8.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
- 9.🔢 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
- 10.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wet Nine (b) Wet Silly Eat Nine (c) Eat Nine Silly Wet (d) Nine Eat Silly Wet
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 4035794511. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 403 579 4511 (b) 035 794 511 (c) 440 357 94511 (d) 043 579 4511
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pink Ants (b) Love Pink Ants Every (c) Ants Pink Love Every (d) Every Love Pink Ants
- 14.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) nothing at all (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
- 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
- 16.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) sun (c) rain (d) night
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 5459513356. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 545 951 13356 (b) 545 951 3356 (c) 455 951 3356 (d) 559 513 356
- 18.📅 The digits 05051990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0505/19/90 (b) 050/519/90 (c) 05/05/1990 (d) 05/0519/90
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, bucket, doll, violin, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVDBL (b) LBDVG (c) BLDVG (d) BDVGL
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 22.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) tree (d) night
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for parrot, anchor, shoe, umpire is “___ Ants Seven Under”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) Jeeps (c) Wins (d) Bakes
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 236043031233. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2236 0430 31233 (b) 2360 4303 133 (c) 2360 4303 1233 (d) 2364 0303 1233
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 847149301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 847 149 301 (b) 847 149 9301 (c) 841 493 01 (d) 841 749 301
- 26.📅 The digits 15031955 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/03/1955 (b) 150/319/55 (c) 15/0319/55 (d) 1503/19/55
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) lane (c) bite (d) light
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 647792957350. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6477 9295 7350 (b) 6479 7295 7350 (c) 6477 2957 350 (d) 6477 7929 57350
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, mirror, van? (a) Mum Very Rani (b) Rani Mum Very (c) Very Mum Rani (d) Mum Rani Very
- 30.📅 The digits 28082019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2808/20/19 (b) 280/820/19 (c) 28/0820/19 (d) 28/08/2019
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, van, tent, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTVG (b) GVTM (c) VGTM (d) VTMG
- 32.📅 The digits 07051995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 070/519/95 (b) 0705/19/95 (c) 07/0519/95 (d) 07/05/1995
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Play Cats (b) Cats Play Cats Eat (c) Cats Eat Play Cats (d) Eat Cats Cats Play
- 34.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) say it aloud often (c) never say it (d) change it each day
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump Mum Aunty (b) Jump Fly Mum Aunty (c) Fly Mum Aunty Jump (d) Aunty Mum Fly Jump
- 36.📅 The digits 02051975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/0519/75 (b) 020/519/75 (c) 0205/19/75 (d) 02/05/1975
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 521092933894. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5521 0929 33894 (b) 5210 9293 384 (c) 5210 9293 3894 (d) 5120 9293 3894
- 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 39.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 6520718998. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 652 071 8998 (b) 620 718 998 (c) 652 071 18998 (d) 625 071 8998
Answer key
- Vines
- 892 137 914
- a rhyme
- False
- Silly Neat Under
- Eat Lions Play All
- Wins
- a memory trick
- 19 and 47
- False
- Nine Eat Silly Wet
- 403 579 4511
- Every Love Pink Ants
- numbers and letter lists
- first letters as a word
- rain
- 545 951 3356
- 05/05/1990
- a silly, funny one
- LBDVG
- an acronym
- cake
- Pink
- 2360 4303 1233
- 847 149 301
- 15/03/1955
- lane
- 6477 9295 7350
- Rani Mum Very
- 28/08/2019
- GVTM
- 07/05/1995
- Eat Cats Play Cats
- say it aloud often
- Jump Fly Mum Aunty
- 02/05/1975
- 5210 9293 3894
- saffron
- 2
- 652 071 8998
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