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 27111989 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 271/119/89 (b) 27/11/1989 (c) 2711/19/89 (d) 27/1119/89
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) smell (b) well (c) spell (d) brain
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, violin, jalebi? (a) Jump Very Ink (b) Ink Very Jump (c) Very Ink Jump (d) Very Jump Ink
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, net, tomato? (a) Nani Dad Tea (b) Tea Nani Dad (c) Nani Tea Dad (d) Dad Nani Tea
- 5.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Play Ants (b) Ants Play Love Eat (c) Eat Love Play Ants (d) Love Play Ants Eat
- 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
- 8.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
- 9.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 11.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) only pictures
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines ___ Big Green Yum Owls Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Crazy (b) Yum (c) Inside (d) Love
- 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) fun (c) rake (d) one
- 15.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 2540151601. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 240 151 601 (b) 254 015 1610 (c) 254 015 1601 (d) 254 015 16001
- 17.🔤 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
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wins Neat (b) Eat Neat Sing Wins (c) Neat Eat Sing Wins (d) Wins Sing Eat Neat
- 19.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) main (b) sock (c) bright (d) fun
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Love Play Ants (b) Ants Play Love Eight (c) Love Eight Play Ants (d) Love Play Ants Eight
- 21.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) tree (d) clock
- 22.📅 The digits 26042006 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/04/2006 (b) 260/420/06 (c) 26/0420/06 (d) 2604/20/06
- 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) block (b) string (c) make (d) won
- 25.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “___ Ants Ice Silly All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) Tiny (c) Red (d) Aunty
- 28.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
- 29.🎵 Which word does “three” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) rain (d) king
- 30.📅 The digits 23072009 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 23/0720/09 (b) 230/720/09 (c) 23/07/2009 (d) 2307/20/09
- 31.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 944329686. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 944 392 686 (b) 944 329 6686 (c) 944 329 686 (d) 443 296 86
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, flute, van, inkpot is “Dad Fly ___ Inside”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wise (b) Kind (c) Aunty (d) Vans
- 35.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) wing (b) sing (c) lake (d) write
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) spring (b) cane (c) bright (d) tea
- 39.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
Answer key
- 27/11/1989
- brain
- Ink Very Jump
- Dad Nani Tea
- 2
- Eat Love Play Ants
- MVEMJSUN
- precipitation
- 3
- a list in a fixed order
- numbers and letter lists
- Inside
- an acronym
- rake
- False
- 254 015 1601
- ELPA
- Neat Eat Sing Wins
- fun
- Eight Love Play Ants
- bell
- 26/04/2006
- an acronym
- string
- 5
- a rhyme
- Pink
- an acronym
- tree
- 23/07/2009
- 4
- a silly, funny one
- 944 329 686
- Vans
- one word holds a list
- lake
- a rhyme
- cane
- initials match the list
- JFMA
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