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 any order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) fight (c) bright (d) shock
- 3.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) cake (d) night
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 461438447821. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4614 3844 7821 (b) 4614 3844 8721 (c) 4614 4384 47821 (d) 4643 8447 821
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) rake (b) sell (c) sea (d) write
- 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, tomato, monkey? (a) Crazy Tea My (b) Tea My Crazy (c) My Tea Crazy (d) Tea Crazy My
- 11.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) bright (c) write (d) fight
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, inkpot, kite, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ILKJ (b) JKIL (c) IKJL (d) LIKJ
- 14.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 15.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for orange, umpire, flute, cat, mirror is “Old Under Fly Cook ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Dad (c) Crazy (d) Mum
- 17.True or false: “fun” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “___ Cook Play Cook”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Young (b) Jeeps (c) Eight (d) Only
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, watch, needle, ladder, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFNLA (b) ALNWF (c) WNLAF (d) FWNLA
- 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, ball, anchor? (a) All Big Cook (b) Cook Big All (c) Big All Cook (d) Big Cook All
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Play Aunty (b) Lions Play Aunty Eat (c) Aunty Play Lions Eat (d) Eat Lions Play Aunty
- 24.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
- 25.📅 The digits 25111971 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 251/119/71 (b) 25/1119/71 (c) 2511/19/71 (d) 25/11/1971
- 26.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
- 27.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 368693599. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 368 693 599 (b) 368 963 599 (c) 368 693 59 (d) 368 699 3599
- 29.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) a beat or a tune (b) no rhythm at all (c) saying it once quietly (d) writing it tiny
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, bucket, lamp? (a) Big Grab Love (b) Big Love Grab (c) Love Big Grab (d) Grab Big Love
- 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
- 32.📅 The digits 10121988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/1219/88 (b) 101/219/88 (c) 1012/19/88 (d) 10/12/1988
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, apple, violin, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVOG (b) GAVO (c) AGVO (d) OVAG
- 34.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 9124896886. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 912 496 886 (b) 912 489 6886 (c) 991 248 96886 (d) 912 498 6886
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, flute, violin, umbrella, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVUJR (b) FRVUJ (c) RFVUJ (d) JUVFR
- 37.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
- 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) tricks (c) songs (d) steps
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Ice Big Grab Yaks Only Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vines (b) Inside (c) Cook (d) Owls
Answer key
- in the same order
- shock
- sun
- 4614 3844 7821
- VIBGYOR
- sea
- a first-letter sentence
- blue
- PAISA
- Crazy Tea My
- 3
- brain
- LIKJ
- 8
- 19 and 47
- Mum
- False
- Eight
- FWNLA
- what each letter means
- a rhyme
- Cook Big All
- Eat Lions Play Aunty
- one word holds a list
- 25/11/1971
- the letters make no word
- the rainbow colours
- 368 693 599
- a beat or a tune
- Grab Big Love
- north
- 10/12/1988
- GAVO
- initials match the list
- 912 489 6886
- RFVUJ
- chunking
- NESW
- tricks
- Vines
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