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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, onion, cat, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVCA (b) VOCA (c) ACOV (d) OCAV
- 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) cold (c) free (d) fast
- 4.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 5.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 6.📅 The digits 27041956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/04/1956 (b) 2704/19/56 (c) 270/419/56 (d) 27/0419/56
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, pillow, rose, urn, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PRUNB (b) NURPB (c) PBRUN (d) BPRUN
- 8.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) done (c) ended (d) learnt
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Inside Bakes ___ Yum Only Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Goats (c) Seven (d) Nine
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Seven Wins (b) Eat Seven Wins Nine (c) Wins Seven Eat Nine (d) Eat Nine Seven Wins
- 11.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) rain (d) king
- 12.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 14.📅 The digits 06011991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 060/119/91 (b) 06/01/1991 (c) 06/0119/91 (d) 0601/19/91
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) cane (b) bee (c) train (d) one
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, wallet, net? (a) Nani Wins Toys (b) Toys Wins Nani (c) Wins Nani Toys (d) Wins Toys Nani
- 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 18.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink Aunty Eat (b) Eat Love Pink Aunty (c) Aunty Pink Love Eat (d) Love Eat Pink Aunty
- 21.✏️ 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
- 22.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
- 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sea (b) key (c) spell (d) tea
- 24.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) Europe (d) Australia
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 175618244975. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7156 1824 4975 (b) 1756 1824 44975 (c) 1756 1824 4975 (d) 1761 8244 975
- 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 27.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is a smaller number (d) it has fewer digits
- 28.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) steps (b) songs (c) tricks (d) games
- 29.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, monkey, lamp, spoon, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NMLST (b) MLSTN (c) TSLMN (d) MNLST
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 901848254923. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 0918 4825 4923 (b) 9018 4825 923 (c) 9018 4825 4923 (d) 9018 8482 54923
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, mirror, ladder, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDLW (b) DMLW (c) WLMD (d) MLWD
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 902727982972. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9027 2798 2972 (b) 9027 2798 297 (c) 9022 7798 2972 (d) 9902 7279 82972
- 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Neptune
- 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
- 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Mars
- 38.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) world (c) one (d) star
- 39.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
- 40.📅 The digits 11011969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/01/1969 (b) 110/119/69 (c) 1101/19/69 (d) 11/0119/69
Answer key
- chunking
- VOCA
- free
- splitting into groups
- 3
- 27/04/1956
- BPRUN
- done
- Goats
- Nine Eat Seven Wins
- night
- False
- chunking
- 06/01/1991
- one
- Toys Wins Nani
- an acronym
- False
- False
- Eat Love Pink Aunty
- initials match the list
- first letters as a word
- spell
- Europe
- 1756 1824 4975
- what each letter means
- three chunks, not ten
- tricks
- 19 and 47
- NMLST
- 9018 4825 4923
- DMLW
- 9027 2798 2972
- Uranus
- chunking
- MVEMJSUN
- Mars
- one
- a list in a fixed order
- 11/01/1969
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