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 05102017 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0510/20/17 (b) 051/020/17 (c) 05/1020/17 (d) 05/10/2017
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, lemon, violin? (a) Lions Vines Dance (b) Vines Lions Dance (c) Dance Lions Vines (d) Lions Dance Vines
- 3.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 4.🔤 “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
- 5.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) sing (c) ring (d) thing
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, violin, orange, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VOCS (b) COVS (c) SVOC (d) VSOC
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 800278921882. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8002 7892 1828 (b) 8027 8921 882 (c) 8002 7892 21882 (d) 8002 7892 1882
- 9.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, jeep, lemon? (a) Jump Lions Play (b) Jump Play Lions (c) Play Jump Lions (d) Lions Jump Play
- 11.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 130413833. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 310 413 833 (b) 130 411 3833 (c) 130 413 33 (d) 130 413 833
- 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 15.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
- 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) sing (b) rock (c) knock (d) wake
- 17.🔤 “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
- 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vines Eat Mum ___ Seven Up Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Jeeps (c) Fly (d) Uncle
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
- 20.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 3790819144. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 379 081 144 (b) 379 081 9144 (c) 379 801 9144 (d) 379 081 99144
- 22.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
- 23.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) tree (d) bell
- 24.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, ball, glass, key, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBGKD (b) BGKDP (c) BPGKD (d) DKGBP
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for coconut, parrot, fan, banana is “Cats Pigs Frogs ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Dance (c) Big (d) Kites
- 27.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Every Seven ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Tea (c) Bakes (d) Wise
- 29.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
- 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 31.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, net, radio, violin is “___ Nani Red Vans”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Young (c) Every (d) Wise
- 33.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
- 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the oceans
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 902076452. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 092 076 452 (b) 902 076 452 (c) 902 064 52 (d) 902 076 4522
- 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
- 38.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 39.📅 The digits 06041971 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/0419/71 (b) 0604/19/71 (c) 060/419/71 (d) 06/04/1971
- 40.📅 The digits 01112021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0111/20/21 (b) 01/1120/21 (c) 011/120/21 (d) 01/11/2021
Answer key
- 05/10/2017
- Dance Lions Vines
- 19 and 47
- white
- True
- shake
- SVOC
- 8002 7892 1882
- 5
- Play Jump Lions
- 3
- a rhyme
- 130 413 833
- a first-letter sentence
- a list in a fixed order
- sing
- evaporation
- Jeeps
- NESW
- the letters make no word
- 379 081 9144
- first letters as a word
- bell
- green
- PBGKD
- Big
- a rhyme
- Wise
- splitting into groups
- a first-letter sentence
- False
- Bunny
- True
- an acronym
- the rainbow colours
- 902 076 452
- north
- initials match the list
- 06/04/1971
- 01/11/2021
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