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 word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) night (b) rain (c) clock (d) cake
- 2.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 3.📅 The digits 23041950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 230/419/50 (b) 23/0419/50 (c) 2304/19/50 (d) 23/04/1950
- 4.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
- 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
- 6.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is printed bigger (c) it is a smaller number (d) it has fewer digits
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans ___ Bakes Grab Young Owls Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Lazy (c) Dogs (d) Every
- 8.📅 The digits 04052017 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/0520/17 (b) 04/05/2017 (c) 0405/20/17 (d) 040/520/17
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 861194862981. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6119 4862 981 (b) 8611 9486 2981 (c) 8611 9486 29881 (d) 8611 9486 2891
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 184087240552. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1840 0872 40552 (b) 1408 7240 552 (c) 1480 8724 0552 (d) 1840 8724 0552
- 11.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
- 13.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 570214565. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 702 145 65 (b) 577 021 4565 (c) 570 214 565 (d) 570 215 465
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, coconut, lamp? (a) Cats Mice Love (b) Cats Love Mice (c) Mice Cats Love (d) Love Cats Mice
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, lemon, ice cream, radio, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LOIRK (b) LIRKO (c) KRILO (d) OLIRK
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vans ___ Mum Jump Seven Under Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eight (b) Yaks (c) Neat (d) Very
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, rose, ant, shoe, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RASMP (b) MSARP (c) RPASM (d) PRASM
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 149958264082. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1499 5826 44082 (b) 1499 5826 4082 (c) 1499 5826 4802 (d) 1499 5826 408
- 22.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) numbers and letter lists (c) nothing at all (d) only pictures
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, tiger, lemon, frog, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGLFP (b) GTLFP (c) PFLTG (d) TLFPG
- 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 25.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) free (c) fast (d) cold
- 26.📅 The digits 27041977 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 270/419/77 (b) 2704/19/77 (c) 27/0419/77 (d) 27/04/1977
- 27.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rope, watch, coconut, duck, anchor is “Rani ___ Cook Dad All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Wins (c) Old (d) Cats
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants All ___ Silly Aunty Eight All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) My (c) Wins (d) Ice
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for banana, candle, tiger, pencil is “Bunny Cats ___ Pink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Goats (c) Silly (d) Tea
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 9140091408. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 914 090 1408 (b) 991 400 91408 (c) 914 009 140 (d) 914 009 1408
- 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
- 34.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for mango, van, umbrella, cat, jug is “My Vans Under Cats ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Jeeps (c) Every (d) Wise
- 36.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 1757292732. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 175 729 2732 (b) 175 722 9732 (c) 175 572 92732 (d) 175 292 732
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, jalebi, goat? (a) Jolly Grab Pigs (b) Grab Jolly Pigs (c) Pigs Jolly Grab (d) Jolly Pigs Grab
- 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Africa
Answer key
- cake
- one word holds a list
- 23/04/1950
- initials match the list
- first letters as a word
- three chunks, not ten
- Ice
- 04/05/2017
- 8611 9486 2981
- 1840 8724 0552
- Atlantic
- ELPA
- True
- 570 214 565
- Mice Cats Love
- OLIRK
- JFMA
- ECPC
- Eight
- PRASM
- 1499 5826 4082
- numbers and letter lists
- GTLFP
- chunking
- free
- 27/04/1977
- what each letter means
- Wins
- Nine
- Tea
- in the same order
- 914 009 1408
- RSLF
- 6
- Jeeps
- a list in a fixed order
- 175 729 2732
- a rhyme
- Pigs Jolly Grab
- Europe
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