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 01011981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 010/119/81 (b) 01/0119/81 (c) 01/01/1981 (d) 0101/19/81
- 2.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, kettle, umbrella? (a) Kids Uncle Dance (b) Kids Dance Uncle (c) Dance Kids Uncle (d) Uncle Kids Dance
- 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, tent, goat, duck, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJGDM (b) MDGTJ (c) TGDMJ (d) JTGDM
- 7.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
- 8.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 9.📅 The digits 10042010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/0420/10 (b) 10/04/2010 (c) 100/420/10 (d) 1004/20/10
- 10.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
- 13.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 14.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
- 15.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 107126117505. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1071 2611 75055 (b) 1071 2611 750 (c) 1071 2611 7505 (d) 1071 2617 1505
- 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
- 20.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 603311191. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 603 311 191 (b) 033 111 91 (c) 603 311 1191 (d) 603 311 119
- 22.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 23.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
- 24.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
- 25.📅 The digits 14081953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 140/819/53 (b) 14/0819/53 (c) 14/08/1953 (d) 1408/19/53
- 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
- 28.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 29.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) fast (c) cold (d) free
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, ladder, banana, inkpot, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALBIW (b) WIBLA (c) LABIW (d) LBIWA
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 422929924. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 422 929 94 (b) 422 292 9924 (c) 422 929 294 (d) 422 929 924
- 33.📅 The digits 07062012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0706/20/12 (b) 07/0620/12 (c) 070/620/12 (d) 07/06/2012
- 34.📅 The digits 25021953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2502/19/53 (b) 25/0219/53 (c) 25/02/1953 (d) 250/219/53
- 35.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) backwards (d) in ABC order
- 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Sing Love Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Rani (c) Inside (d) Lions
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 198515678117. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1985 1657 8117 (b) 1985 1567 81177 (c) 1985 1567 8117 (d) 1985 1567 817
Answer key
- 01/01/1981
- 4
- chunking
- Dance Kids Uncle
- the rainbow colours
- JTGDM
- a first-letter sentence
- 3
- 10/04/2010
- first letters as a word
- PAISA
- a silly, funny one
- 6
- pupa
- True
- 1071 2611 7505
- an acronym
- JFMA
- ELPA
- one word holds a list
- 603 311 191
- an acronym
- condensation
- a first-letter sentence
- 14/08/1953
- False
- Venus
- 5
- white
- free
- ALBIW
- 422 929 924
- 07/06/2012
- 25/02/1953
- False
- in the same order
- True
- 2
- Rani
- 1985 1567 8117
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