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.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, glass, urn, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBUA (b) BGUA (c) GUAB (d) AUGB
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 690555500. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 690 555 500 (b) 960 555 500 (c) 905 555 00 (d) 690 555 5000
- 3.True or false: “string” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, spoon, bucket? (a) Sing Kind Big (b) Kind Sing Big (c) Sing Big Kind (d) Big Sing Kind
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants Aunty ___ Seven Aunty Eat All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Aunty (c) Wins (d) Dogs
- 7.True or false: “three” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “swing” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is printed bigger (d) it is a smaller number
- 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) chain (c) bite (d) write
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, sock, flute, watch, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFWNG (b) NWFSG (c) SGFWN (d) GSFWN
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 7542259253. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 754 225 923 (b) 754 422 59253 (c) 745 225 9253 (d) 754 225 9253
- 13.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection
- 15.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
- 16.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Goats (b) Sing Wins Goats (c) Wins Goats Sing (d) Goats Wins Sing
- 18.📅 The digits 19072006 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 190/720/06 (b) 1907/20/06 (c) 19/07/2006 (d) 19/0720/06
- 19.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) king (d) rain
- 20.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, monkey, needle? (a) Mum Nani Bakes (b) Bakes Mum Nani (c) Mum Bakes Nani (d) Nani Mum Bakes
- 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) violet (d) green
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pencil, guava, owl, coconut, bucket is “Pigs ___ Old Cats Bunny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) Cook (c) Goats (d) Aunty
- 24.📅 The digits 15122008 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 151/220/08 (b) 15/1220/08 (c) 15/12/2008 (d) 1512/20/08
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pink Aunty Eight (b) Aunty Pink Lions Eight (c) Eight Lions Pink Aunty (d) Lions Eight Pink Aunty
- 26.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
- 27.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
- 28.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) ended (c) over (d) done
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, drum, violin, umpire is “___ Dogs Very Uncle”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Big (c) Only (d) Grab
- 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
- 31.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) make (b) spring (c) spell (d) run
- 34.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 469914868. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 469 914 86 (b) 649 914 868 (c) 469 914 868 (d) 469 991 4868
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for frog, ice cream, bucket, lemon, anchor is “Funny Inside Bakes Lions ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Dad (c) Vans (d) All
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for mango, flute, pencil, guava, apple is “Mum Fly Play ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Toys (b) Goats (c) Sing (d) Bunny
- 39.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 40.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
Answer key
- BGUA
- 690 555 500
- True
- stem
- Kind Sing Big
- Nani
- True
- False
- three chunks, not ten
- chain
- GSFWN
- 754 225 9253
- the letters make no word
- evaporation
- Arctic
- January
- Sing Wins Goats
- 19/07/2006
- clock
- 9
- Bakes Mum Nani
- green
- Goats
- 15/12/2008
- Eight Lions Pink Aunty
- first letters as a word
- the rainbow colours
- done
- Grab
- Mars
- True
- 2
- make
- initials match the list
- a silly, funny one
- 469 914 868
- All
- Goats
- 3
- 4
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