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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, cat, lamp? (a) Lazy Cats Red (b) Cats Lazy Red (c) Cats Red Lazy (d) Red Cats Lazy
- 2.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, inkpot, violin, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IPVD (b) PIVD (c) IVDP (d) DVIP
- 5.📅 The digits 04081985 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 040/819/85 (b) 04/08/1985 (c) 0408/19/85 (d) 04/0819/85
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
- 7.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wins Goats (b) Wins Sing Goats (c) Goats Wins Sing (d) Wins Goats Sing
- 9.📅 The digits 07041963 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 070/419/63 (b) 07/0419/63 (c) 07/04/1963 (d) 0704/19/63
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eight Sing Wet (b) Eight Neat Sing Wet (c) Wet Sing Eight Neat (d) Eight Sing Wet Neat
- 11.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 12.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 9469711218. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 946 971 1218 (b) 994 697 11218 (c) 946 911 218 (d) 946 971 1281
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 5207651390. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 520 765 13390 (b) 520 765 1930 (c) 520 765 390 (d) 520 765 1390
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 713702210582. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7137 0221 582 (b) 7137 0221 05582 (c) 1737 0221 0582 (d) 7137 0221 0582
- 16.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Inside Bakes Goats ___ Owls Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Eight (c) Young (d) Cook
- 18.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
- 19.📅 The digits 09042012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 090/420/12 (b) 0904/20/12 (c) 09/04/2012 (d) 09/0420/12
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, igloo, orange, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOIS (b) IOKS (c) SIOK (d) ISOK
- 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
- 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) won (b) shake (c) thing (d) sea
- 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, coconut, inkpot? (a) Ice Cats Red (b) Red Cats Ice (c) Cats Red Ice (d) Cats Ice Red
- 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Inside Bunny Grab Young ___ Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kites (b) Only (c) Mice (d) Eat
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 463103171285. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6431 0317 1285 (b) 4631 0317 1285 (c) 4631 0317 12885 (d) 4631 0317 125
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) tea (b) lock (c) ton (d) sing
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 9080753313. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 908 057 3313 (b) 908 077 53313 (c) 908 075 3313 (d) 908 753 313
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
- 30.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, igloo, umpire? (a) Inside Mum Up (b) Up Inside Mum (c) Inside Up Mum (d) Mum Inside Up
- 32.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) king (d) rain
- 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
- 35.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in any order
- 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) bake (c) done (d) shake
- 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 39.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a picture
- 40.🔤 “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
Answer key
- Red Cats Lazy
- True
- False
- PIVD
- 04/08/1985
- SWG
- True
- Sing Wins Goats
- 07/04/1963
- Neat Eight Sing Wet
- 7
- initials match the list
- 946 971 1218
- 520 765 1390
- 7137 0221 0582
- April
- Young
- the letters make no word
- 09/04/2012
- SIOK
- first letters as a word
- sea
- chunking
- Red Cats Ice
- Only
- 4631 0317 1285
- sing
- 908 075 3313
- PAISA
- the rainbow colours
- Mum Inside Up
- True
- clock
- Pacific
- True
- in the same order
- done
- evaporation
- a list in a fixed order
- saffron
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