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.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 2.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for parrot, key, umpire, coconut, ball is “Pink Kids Uncle ___ Big”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Crazy (b) Play (c) Jolly (d) Uncle
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Fly Runs (b) Fly Love Sing Runs (c) Runs Sing Love Fly (d) Sing Runs Love Fly
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 838901048412. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8389 0104 8412 (b) 8389 0104 84412 (c) 8380 1048 412 (d) 8389 1004 8412
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 411238565519. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4112 3856 5591 (b) 4112 3856 65519 (c) 4112 3856 5519 (d) 4112 3856 519
- 8.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 9.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) a rhyme about cats
- 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 11.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 258041842077. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2580 4184 2077 (b) 2804 1842 077 (c) 2580 4418 42077 (d) 2580 4148 2077
- 13.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) say (c) know (d) learn
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Play Aunty (b) Aunty Play Love Eat (c) Love Play Aunty Eat (d) Eat Love Play Aunty
- 15.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) sun (d) bell
- 16.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) South America (d) North America
- 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, ice cream, monkey, goat, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IMGCP (b) CGMIP (c) IPMGC (d) PIMGC
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ink Big Green Young ___ Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Aunty (c) Only (d) Mum
- 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 22.🎵 Which word does “done” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) night (d) bell
- 23.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, bucket, wallet? (a) Bakes Fly Wet (b) Bakes Wet Fly (c) Fly Bakes Wet (d) Wet Bakes Fly
- 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 8716164764. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 816 164 764 (b) 887 161 64764 (c) 871 616 4674 (d) 871 616 4764
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 623512496. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 623 514 96 (b) 623 512 4996 (c) 623 512 496 (d) 632 512 496
- 28.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
- 29.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knee (b) sea (c) done (d) tea
- 32.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) thing (b) sell (c) bright (d) bee
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Frogs My Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Kids (c) Red (d) Jolly
- 35.📅 The digits 13101958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/10/1958 (b) 131/019/58 (c) 1310/19/58 (d) 13/1019/58
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) fight (b) well (c) bee (d) make
- 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
- 38.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only pictures
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, tent, vase, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFVS (b) SVTF (c) FTVS (d) TVSF
- 40.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 4
- splitting into groups
- MVEMJSUN
- Crazy
- Runs Sing Love Fly
- 8389 0104 8412
- 4112 3856 5519
- 2
- initials match the list
- chunking
- egg
- 2580 4184 2077
- know
- Eat Love Play Aunty
- bell
- North America
- chunking
- PIMGC
- Only
- chunking
- in the same order
- sun
- the rainbow colours
- Fly Bakes Wet
- a rhyme
- 871 616 4764
- 623 512 496
- west
- 6
- SWG
- done
- the letters make no word
- sell
- Jolly
- 13/10/1958
- well
- ELPA
- numbers and letter lists
- FTVS
- False
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