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) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 2.📅 The digits 20061976 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 200/619/76 (b) 20/06/1976 (c) 20/0619/76 (d) 2006/19/76
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mice All Jump (b) Jump Funny Mice All (c) All Mice Funny Jump (d) Funny Jump Mice All
- 5.📅 The digits 05031978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0503/19/78 (b) 050/319/78 (c) 05/03/1978 (d) 05/0319/78
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Eight Silly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Love (c) Wins (d) Ice
- 7.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
- 8.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) a beat or a tune (c) writing it tiny (d) saying it once quietly
- 9.🎵 Which word does “knock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) bell (d) king
- 10.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, umpire, banana? (a) Big Under Jeeps (b) Under Big Jeeps (c) Under Jeeps Big (d) Jeeps Under Big
- 12.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
- 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 14.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Sing Red (b) Sing Red Love Funny (c) Sing Love Funny Red (d) Red Sing Love Funny
- 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
- 17.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 18.📅 The digits 15052002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 150/520/02 (b) 15/05/2002 (c) 1505/20/02 (d) 15/0520/02
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, radio, inkpot, nest is “Crazy ___ Ice Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) My (c) Kids (d) Rani
- 20.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) write (c) learn (d) know
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for urn, fan, ice cream, key is “___ Frogs Ice Kids”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Nani (c) Very (d) Play
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum Ants Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs Mum Ants (c) Frogs Jolly Mum Ants (d) Ants Mum Frogs Jolly
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, key, lamp, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KRLD (b) DLKR (c) KLDR (d) RKLD
- 24.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
- 25.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) fight (b) thing (c) sock (d) train
- 28.📅 The digits 23121987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 231/219/87 (b) 23/12/1987 (c) 2312/19/87 (d) 23/1219/87
- 29.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
- 30.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 31.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) done (c) spring (d) one
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wise Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kites (b) Mice (c) Funny (d) Silly
- 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
- 37.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 3120011919. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 312 001 919 (b) 312 001 1919 (c) 312 001 1199 (d) 312 001 19199
- 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) train (b) shock (c) one (d) snake
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 193794949. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 193 799 4949 (b) 193 794 949 (c) 193 794 49 (d) 193 974 949
Answer key
- in the same order
- 20/06/1976
- an acronym
- Jump Funny Mice All
- 05/03/1978
- Wins
- root
- a beat or a tune
- clock
- 5
- Jeeps Under Big
- means something to you
- chunking
- January
- Red Sing Love Funny
- JFMA
- MVEMJSUN
- 15/05/2002
- Rani
- know
- Under
- Jolly Frogs Mum Ants
- RKLD
- adult
- splitting into groups
- an acronym
- fight
- 23/12/1987
- the letters make no word
- 8
- False
- what each letter means
- an acronym
- spring
- Silly
- Southern
- saffron
- 312 001 1919
- snake
- 193 794 949
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