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 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, van, ladder? (a) Lazy Vans Neat (b) Vans Neat Lazy (c) Neat Vans Lazy (d) Vans Lazy Neat
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
- 4.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tomato, onion, ant, rope, mango is “Toys Owls ___ Red My”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Aunty (c) Only (d) Cats
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) tell (c) well (d) sell
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, van, umbrella? (a) Very Nine Uncle (b) Uncle Very Nine (c) Nine Very Uncle (d) Very Uncle Nine
- 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
- 9.True or false: “make” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 10.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 11.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) bell (d) king
- 12.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) indigo (d) blue
- 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, van, monkey? (a) Vans Love Mum (b) Love Vans Mum (c) Vans Mum Love (d) Mum Vans Love
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ice Bunny ___ Yaks Old Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Ice (c) Pigs (d) All
- 16.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) sing (c) string (d) swing
- 18.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, mango, guava, whistle, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGWBC (b) CMGWB (c) BWGMC (d) MCGWB
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, monkey, coconut, apple, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WMCAB (b) MCABW (c) MWCAB (d) BACMW
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Sing Lions Fly (b) Sing Lions Fly Red (c) Sing Red Lions Fly (d) Fly Lions Sing Red
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) key (c) tea (d) train
- 23.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, sock, inkpot? (a) Inside Seven Wise (b) Seven Wise Inside (c) Seven Inside Wise (d) Wise Seven Inside
- 25.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 508441217. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 508 444 1217 (b) 508 442 117 (c) 508 441 217 (d) 508 441 21
- 27.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) tell (b) sea (c) run (d) bake
- 29.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its colour
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) known (c) right (d) clear
- 31.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
- 32.📅 The digits 24091954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/0919/54 (b) 24/09/1954 (c) 240/919/54 (d) 2409/19/54
- 33.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
- 34.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) tree (d) rain
- 35.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
- 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 456379444. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 456 379 44 (b) 456 739 444 (c) 456 379 4444 (d) 456 379 444
- 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
- 39.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 194 and 7
- 40.🧰 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
Answer key
- 4
- Neat Vans Lazy
- a silly, funny one
- False
- Aunty
- wing
- Nine Very Uncle
- in the same order
- True
- the letters make no word
- sun
- blue
- a first-letter sentence
- Love Vans Mum
- Green
- a list in a fixed order
- lake
- saffron
- CMGWB
- WMCAB
- Red Sing Lions Fly
- train
- 5
- Wise Seven Inside
- first letters as a word
- 508 441 217
- 6
- bake
- what each letter means
- true
- numbers and letter lists
- 24/09/1954
- one word holds a list
- clock
- a first-letter sentence
- an acronym
- 456 379 444
- condensation
- 19 and 47
- a first-letter sentence
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