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.🔢 You want to remember the number 601579481. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 610 579 481 (b) 601 574 81 (c) 601 579 481 (d) 601 157 9481
- 2.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) over (c) learnt (d) done
- 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) main (c) train (d) cane
- 7.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Europe (d) Africa
- 8.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) tree (d) night
- 9.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, ant, net, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANUG (b) AGNU (c) GANU (d) UNAG
- 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 368625369. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 366 253 69 (b) 368 652 369 (c) 368 625 369 (d) 368 625 3699
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, kite, frog? (a) Kids Love Funny (b) Love Kids Funny (c) Kids Funny Love (d) Funny Kids Love
- 14.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Funny Runs (b) Sing Runs Lions Funny (c) Runs Sing Lions Funny (d) Funny Lions Sing Runs
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 156092319340. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1560 9231 3940 (b) 1560 9319 340 (c) 1560 9231 9340 (d) 1156 0923 19340
- 17.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Every Crazy ___ Cook”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Nani (c) Tea (d) Pink
- 19.📅 The digits 03032012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/03/2012 (b) 030/320/12 (c) 0303/20/12 (d) 03/0320/12
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, guava, inkpot? (a) Grab Vines Ice (b) Grab Ice Vines (c) Ice Grab Vines (d) Vines Grab Ice
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My All Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs My All (c) Frogs Jolly My All (d) All My Frogs Jolly
- 22.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, onion, violin? (a) Owls Play Vines (b) Play Owls Vines (c) Vines Owls Play (d) Owls Vines Play
- 24.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) bun (c) ton (d) shake
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
- 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 28.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) rain (d) night
- 29.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) clock (d) king
- 30.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 240436337. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 240 436 6337 (b) 240 436 337 (c) 244 036 337 (d) 240 436 37
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, apple, jeep? (a) Jeeps All Old (b) Old All Jeeps (c) All Jeeps Old (d) All Old Jeeps
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for inkpot, lemon, urn, apple, tiger is “___ Lions Up All Toys”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Jeeps (c) Lions (d) Wins
- 34.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) three chunks, not ten
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) lake (b) well (c) brain (d) one
- 36.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) leaf (d) flower
- 37.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) tree (d) clock
- 38.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) right (c) clear (d) true
- 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
Answer key
- 601 579 481
- True
- True
- done
- first letters as a word
- spell
- Africa
- tree
- initials match the list
- GANU
- one word holds a list
- 368 625 369
- Love Kids Funny
- the letters make no word
- Runs Sing Lions Funny
- 1560 9231 9340
- 8
- Pink
- 03/03/2012
- Vines Grab Ice
- Jolly Frogs My All
- 5
- Play Owls Vines
- root
- shake
- ELPA
- a first-letter sentence
- rain
- rain
- splitting into groups
- 240 436 337
- Old All Jeeps
- Ice
- three chunks, not ten
- well
- leaf
- cake
- true
- MVEMJSUN
- a silly, funny one
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