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 acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, shoe, vase, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSVD (b) SVDJ (c) DVSJ (d) SJVD
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wins Green”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Eight (c) Bunny (d) Ice
- 4.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) pupa (d) adult
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
- 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 7.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 952440426. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 952 440 4426 (b) 952 440 46 (c) 952 440 426 (d) 592 440 426
- 9.📅 The digits 03051956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/05/1956 (b) 0305/19/56 (c) 03/0519/56 (d) 030/519/56
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, tent, pencil, umbrella, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTPUI (b) TPUIK (c) IUPTK (d) TKPUI
- 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) tricks (b) steps (c) songs (d) games
- 13.📅 The digits 26012004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/0120/04 (b) 260/120/04 (c) 2601/20/04 (d) 26/01/2004
- 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
- 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, van, duck, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVDF (b) FDVP (c) VPDF (d) VDFP
- 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 19.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
- 21.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) sun (d) rain
- 22.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only pictures
- 23.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
- 24.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Runs Love Funny (b) Runs Sing Love Funny (c) Sing Love Funny Runs (d) Funny Love Sing Runs
- 26.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 359368126935. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3593 6812 6935 (b) 3539 6812 6935 (c) 3593 6812 935 (d) 3593 6812 69335
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 196319549451. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1963 1954 9415 (b) 1963 9549 451 (c) 1963 1954 9451 (d) 1963 1954 94451
- 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 519805020. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 519 800 520 (b) 551 980 5020 (c) 519 805 20 (d) 519 805 020
- 31.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, ball, inkpot? (a) Ice Big Wins (b) Big Wins Ice (c) Wins Big Ice (d) Big Ice Wins
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) white (b) shell (c) bee (d) write
- 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
- 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, apple, candle, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JCAT (b) TACJ (c) ATCJ (d) ACJT
- 37.True or false: “spell” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
- 39.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) backwards (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
Answer key
- VIBGYOR
- JSVD
- Seven
- egg
- JFMA
- what each letter means
- initials match the list
- 952 440 426
- 03/05/1956
- KTPUI
- False
- tricks
- 26/01/2004
- a rhyme
- RSLF
- a first-letter sentence
- PVDF
- a rhyme
- True
- north
- tree
- numbers and letter lists
- splitting into groups
- 4
- Runs Sing Love Funny
- 4
- 3593 6812 6935
- a silly, funny one
- 1963 1954 9451
- 519 805 020
- 4
- Wins Big Ice
- shell
- an acronym
- the rainbow colours
- TACJ
- False
- means something to you
- False
- in the same order
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