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.🔢 You want to remember the number 807310081520. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8071 0081 520 (b) 8073 1008 1520 (c) 8073 1000 81520 (d) 8037 1008 1520
- 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
- 3.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
- 4.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly ___ My Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Fly (c) Inside (d) Rani
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 563527512193. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5635 2275 12193 (b) 5635 7251 2193 (c) 5635 2751 2193 (d) 5635 2752 193
- 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) light (b) sell (c) wake (d) thing
- 9.🔤 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) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
- 10.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
- 11.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, apple, nest? (a) Up Aunty Nani (b) Aunty Up Nani (c) Aunty Nani Up (d) Nani Aunty Up
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) shell (c) tell (d) well
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 7365695237. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 736 659 5237 (b) 736 569 52377 (c) 736 569 5237 (d) 765 695 237
- 16.True or false: “bee” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, wallet, onion, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AOWU (b) WOAU (c) UWOA (d) WUOA
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 233462476. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 323 462 476 (b) 234 624 76 (c) 233 462 476 (d) 233 446 2476
- 20.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) sun (c) night (d) cake
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 290292052. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 290 029 2052 (b) 290 292 052 (c) 290 220 52 (d) 292 092 052
- 22.📅 The digits 26011971 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 260/119/71 (b) 2601/19/71 (c) 26/01/1971 (d) 26/0119/71
- 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 24.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
- 25.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) bell (c) rain (d) clock
- 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, van, ice cream? (a) Ink Very Kites (b) Kites Very Ink (c) Very Ink Kites (d) Very Kites Ink
- 28.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
- 29.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, ball, drum, parrot, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDPOU (b) BUDPO (c) UBDPO (d) OPDBU
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) ring (b) cane (c) shake (d) snake
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for banana, cat, orange, inkpot, urn is “___ Crazy Owls Ink Uncle”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Red (b) Bunny (c) Yaks (d) Vans
- 33.🧰 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
- 34.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
- 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
- 36.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) again (c) twice (d) fast
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
- 39.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Rani Seven ___ Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vines (b) My (c) Lazy (d) Nine
Answer key
- 8073 1008 1520
- first letters as a word
- a memory trick
- True
- Fly
- 5635 2751 2193
- what each letter means
- thing
- MVEMJSUN
- evaporation
- True
- 5
- Up Aunty Nani
- wake
- 736 569 5237
- True
- saffron
- UWOA
- 233 462 476
- sun
- 290 292 052
- 26/01/1971
- chunking
- a first-letter sentence
- clock
- an acronym
- Kites Very Ink
- one word holds a list
- False
- UBDPO
- cane
- Bunny
- chunking
- the letters make no word
- the rainbow colours
- False
- more
- VIBGYOR
- initials match the list
- Lazy
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