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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) backwards (c) in any order (d) in the same order
- 2.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 3.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
- 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 5.📅 The digits 03022002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 030/220/02 (b) 03/0220/02 (c) 0302/20/02 (d) 03/02/2002
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mum Ants (b) Fly Mum Ants Jolly (c) Ants Mum Fly Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Mum Ants
- 7.📅 The digits 03081991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/0819/91 (b) 03/08/1991 (c) 030/819/91 (d) 0308/19/91
- 8.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 9.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 10.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) cake (d) tree
- 11.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
- 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
- 13.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 14.True or false: “well” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, needle, bucket, candle, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVBCD (b) NBCDV (c) VNBCD (d) DCBNV
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, parrot, sock? (a) Pink Inside Seven (b) Pink Seven Inside (c) Inside Pink Seven (d) Seven Pink Inside
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for lamp, igloo, mango, spoon, tent is “Lions Ice Mice ___ Tiny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wise (b) Sing (c) Nani (d) Crazy
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, coconut, inkpot? (a) Cats Funny Ice (b) Funny Cats Ice (c) Ice Cats Funny (d) Cats Ice Funny
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, pillow, jeep? (a) Dogs Pigs Jolly (b) Jolly Pigs Dogs (c) Pigs Dogs Jolly (d) Pigs Jolly Dogs
- 21.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) true (c) clear (d) known
- 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
- 24.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wise Goats (b) Wise Sing Goats (c) Goats Wise Sing (d) Wise Goats Sing
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Every Seven Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wet (b) Grab (c) Nani (d) Inside
- 27.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) change it each day (c) never say it (d) say it aloud often
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Seven Rani (b) Rani Seven Lazy Fly (c) Seven Rani Lazy Fly (d) Seven Lazy Fly Rani
- 29.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 30.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a very long word
- 31.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink Aunty Eat (b) Lazy Eat Pink Aunty (c) Eat Lazy Pink Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Lazy Eat
- 33.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Southern
- 34.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) bite (c) kite (d) fight
- 36.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) a beat or a tune (c) writing it tiny (d) no rhythm at all
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 712228784. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 287 84 (b) 712 228 784 (c) 712 228 8784 (d) 712 228 748
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) tell (c) shell (d) bee
- 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- in the same order
- 3
- larva
- a first-letter sentence
- 03/02/2002
- Jolly Fly Mum Ants
- 03/08/1991
- 4
- 9
- clock
- white
- first letters as a word
- 6
- True
- VNBCD
- Inside Pink Seven
- Sing
- Funny Cats Ice
- VIBGYOR
- Dogs Pigs Jolly
- False
- true
- yellow
- three chunks, not ten
- Sing Wise Goats
- Nani
- say it aloud often
- Rani Seven Lazy Fly
- 7
- initials match the list
- True
- Eat Lazy Pink Aunty
- Pacific
- a list in a fixed order
- lock
- a beat or a tune
- 712 228 784
- a rhyme
- bee
- False
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