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.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is a smaller number
- 4.📅 The digits 14021969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 140/219/69 (b) 1402/19/69 (c) 14/02/1969 (d) 14/0219/69
- 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
- 6.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) spell (b) bright (c) tea (d) bake
- 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a dull, plain one
- 10.🧰 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
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, banana, frog, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFBI (b) BIFO (c) BFOI (d) IBFO
- 12.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Aunty Jeeps (b) Aunty My Funny Jeeps (c) Jeeps Funny My Aunty (d) Funny Jeeps My Aunty
- 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, onion, flute? (a) Funny Owls Toys (b) Owls Funny Toys (c) Owls Toys Funny (d) Toys Owls Funny
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 897150310132. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8971 5031 132 (b) 9871 5031 0132 (c) 8971 5031 0132 (d) 8971 5503 10132
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
- 19.📅 The digits 18072004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1807/20/04 (b) 180/720/04 (c) 18/0720/04 (d) 18/07/2004
- 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) string (b) well (c) chain (d) cane
- 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, mango, fan, lemon, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFLWB (b) MBFLW (c) WLFMB (d) BMFLW
- 23.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 411173886. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 411 173 886 (b) 411 173 8866 (c) 111 738 86 (d) 141 173 886
- 25.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) night (b) king (c) cake (d) rain
- 26.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 27.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 110595218011. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1105 9521 18011 (b) 1105 9521 8011 (c) 1105 9521 011 (d) 1109 5521 8011
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 888241930. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 888 241 30 (b) 888 224 1930 (c) 888 249 130 (d) 888 241 930
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) sea (c) wake (d) three
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for wallet, frog, cat, vase, jug is “Wise ___ Crazy Vans Jolly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Wise (c) Frogs (d) Aunty
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, onion, doll, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODAS (b) OSDA (c) SODA (d) ADOS
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) won (c) bun (d) wing
- 34.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) rain (c) cake (d) sun
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 9618361819. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 961 836 1819 (b) 918 361 819 (c) 961 386 1819 (d) 961 836 61819
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1867682204. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 676 82204 (b) 186 768 224 (c) 168 768 2204 (d) 186 768 2204
- 37.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) done (c) over (d) ended
- 38.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
- 39.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) sea (b) tea (c) lane (d) one
Answer key
- True
- True
- three chunks, not ten
- 14/02/1969
- first letters as a word
- False
- spell
- South America
- a silly, funny one
- a first-letter sentence
- IBFO
- False
- Jeeps Funny My Aunty
- an acronym
- Toys Owls Funny
- 8971 5031 0132
- RSLF
- JFMA
- 18/07/2004
- well
- one word holds a list
- BMFLW
- January
- 411 173 886
- rain
- an acronym
- a first-letter sentence
- 1105 9521 8011
- 888 241 930
- wake
- Frogs
- SODA
- wing
- rain
- 961 836 1819
- 186 768 2204
- done
- initials match the list
- True
- one
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