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 16042002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 16/04/2002 (b) 160/420/02 (c) 16/0420/02 (d) 1604/20/02
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, orange, doll, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UDOA (b) AODU (c) OADU (d) ODUA
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, lemon, van? (a) Old Lions Very (b) Lions Old Very (c) Lions Very Old (d) Very Lions Old
- 6.📅 The digits 01122024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0112/20/24 (b) 01/12/2024 (c) 01/1220/24 (d) 011/220/24
- 7.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a picture
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
- 10.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the oceans
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) block (c) fun (d) run
- 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Indian
- 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) South America
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, tiger, flute? (a) Tiny Frogs Only (b) Frogs Tiny Only (c) Only Tiny Frogs (d) Tiny Only Frogs
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Love Every (c) Love Pink Aunty Every (d) Every Love Pink Aunty
- 16.True or false: “bee” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 212632221. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 212 632 212 (b) 216 322 21 (c) 212 632 2221 (d) 212 632 221
- 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
- 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, tiger, lemon? (a) Lions Tiny Pink (b) Tiny Pink Lions (c) Tiny Lions Pink (d) Pink Tiny Lions
- 21.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
- 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, parrot, ladder, fan, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTLFS (b) SFLPT (c) PLFST (d) TPLFS
- 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 26.✏️ 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
- 27.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 363339400. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 363 394 00 (b) 363 339 400 (c) 363 334 900 (d) 336 333 9400
- 29.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) night (d) cake
- 30.📅 The digits 19021989 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/02/1989 (b) 19/0219/89 (c) 190/219/89 (d) 1902/19/89
- 31.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
- 32.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 194 and 7
- 33.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
- 34.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
- 35.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) nothing at all (c) only numbers (d) numbers and letter lists
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for guava, anchor, cat, jalebi, shoe is “___ Aunty Cook Jump Sing”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) My (c) Green (d) Dad
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, ladder, doll? (a) Dogs Lions Toys (b) Lions Toys Dogs (c) Toys Lions Dogs (d) Lions Dogs Toys
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) bright (c) write (d) bun
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Love Fly (b) Fly Love Sing Runs (c) Sing Love Fly Runs (d) Sing Runs Love Fly
Answer key
- 16/04/2002
- AODU
- an acronym
- first letters as a word
- Old Lions Very
- 01/12/2024
- 2
- a list in a fixed order
- JFMA
- the rainbow colours
- block
- Indian
- Antarctica
- Only Tiny Frogs
- Every Love Pink Aunty
- False
- 212 632 221
- chunking
- a first-letter sentence
- Pink Tiny Lions
- True
- NESW
- blue
- TPLFS
- True
- initials match the list
- True
- 363 339 400
- cake
- 19/02/1989
- splitting into groups
- 19 and 47
- a first-letter sentence
- what each letter means
- numbers and letter lists
- Green
- a first-letter sentence
- Toys Lions Dogs
- bun
- Runs Sing Love Fly
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