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 list to learn, in order: jug, tent, rope, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJRL (b) TRLJ (c) LRTJ (d) JTRL
- 2.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
- 3.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
- 6.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 7.📅 The digits 05102004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/1020/04 (b) 0510/20/04 (c) 05/10/2004 (d) 051/020/04
- 8.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, tiger, ball? (a) Tiny Big Jeeps (b) Jeeps Tiny Big (c) Big Tiny Jeeps (d) Tiny Jeeps Big
- 10.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) know (c) say (d) write
- 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 12.📅 The digits 24091980 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/0919/80 (b) 2409/19/80 (c) 24/09/1980 (d) 240/919/80
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “___ Ants Ink Sing Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Pink (c) Aunty (d) Under
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) rock (b) done (c) tell (d) snake
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Funny Jolly (b) Funny My All Jolly (c) Funny Jolly My All (d) Jolly Funny My All
- 16.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
- 17.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) sun (d) clock
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Crazy Eight (b) Cook Eight Play Crazy (c) Eight Cook Play Crazy (d) Crazy Play Cook Eight
- 19.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
- 22.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, vase, goat, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGVD (b) DVGI (c) VGID (d) VDGI
- 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, mirror, parrot, whistle, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OWPMG (b) MPWOG (c) GMPWO (d) MGPWO
- 26.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
- 27.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 127956276453. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1279 5267 6453 (b) 1295 6276 453 (c) 1279 9562 76453 (d) 1279 5627 6453
- 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, rose, lamp, drum, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PRLDW (b) RLDWP (c) WDLRP (d) RPLDW
- 30.📅 The digits 03022002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 030/220/02 (b) 03/02/2002 (c) 03/0220/02 (d) 0302/20/02
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, kite, coconut, frog, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCFGS (b) SKCFG (c) GFCKS (d) KSCFG
- 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, radio, wallet, net, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BRWNM (b) RWNMB (c) MNWRB (d) RBWNM
- 34.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, duck, pillow? (a) Dance Pink Aunty (b) Dance Aunty Pink (c) Aunty Dance Pink (d) Pink Dance Aunty
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “All ___ Nine Silly Aunty Eat All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Owls (b) Pigs (c) Ink (d) Ants
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 39.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 40.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
Answer key
- JTRL
- 19 and 47
- Pacific
- NESW
- ECPC
- 5
- 05/10/2004
- True
- Jeeps Tiny Big
- know
- a first-letter sentence
- 24/09/1980
- Pink
- snake
- Jolly Funny My All
- a list in a fixed order
- clock
- Eight Cook Play Crazy
- False
- what each letter means
- a silly, funny one
- initials match the list
- DVGI
- Neptune
- GMPWO
- larva
- 3
- 1279 5627 6453
- PRLDW
- 03/02/2002
- SKCFG
- a rhyme
- BRWNM
- a memory trick
- Aunty Dance Pink
- in the same order
- Ants
- a rhyme
- 2
- chunking
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