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: tomato, rose, spoon, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RTSC (b) CSRT (c) RSCT (d) TRSC
- 2.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) is very long
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Play Aunty Inside ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) Seven (c) Bakes (d) Owls
- 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) more (c) again (d) fast
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) rock (c) three (d) sock
- 7.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) star (c) one (d) world
- 10.🎵 Which word does “well” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) king (d) bell
- 11.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) sock (c) lock (d) knock
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, apple, jeep? (a) All Seven Jolly (b) Seven All Jolly (c) Jolly All Seven (d) All Jolly Seven
- 14.📅 The digits 12112011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 121/120/11 (b) 12/1120/11 (c) 1211/20/11 (d) 12/11/2011
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
- 17.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 18.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
- 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 20.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) tree (d) bell
- 21.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for apple, net, kite, van is “___ Nine Kids Vines”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Toys (b) Very (c) Wins (d) Aunty
- 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for urn, orange, inkpot, rose is “Uncle Old Ink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Love (b) Old (c) Toys (d) Rani
- 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, anchor, wallet, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UAWL (b) AWLU (c) LWAU (d) AUWL
- 28.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
- 29.📅 The digits 12041983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 12/04/1983 (b) 120/419/83 (c) 12/0419/83 (d) 1204/19/83
- 30.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
- 32.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) night (d) clock
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 3599797807. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 359 799 7807 (b) 359 979 7807 (c) 359 979 780 (d) 335 997 97807
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 5411582117. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 541 158 2117 (b) 541 158 217 (c) 541 158 1217 (d) 541 158 21177
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 751185891. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 751 858 91 (b) 751 185 5891 (c) 751 185 891 (d) 751 185 981
- 36.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 832244668656. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8322 4466 8656 (b) 8324 4668 656 (c) 8322 4466 88656 (d) 3822 4466 8656
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 122379215448. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1223 9721 5448 (b) 1223 7921 544 (c) 1223 7921 54488 (d) 1223 7921 5448
- 39.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) chunking
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 864179426. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 864 179 426 (b) 864 719 426 (c) 864 179 46 (d) 886 417 9426
Answer key
- TRSC
- means something to you
- Seven
- more
- PAISA
- three
- True
- an acronym
- one
- bell
- Atlantic
- shell
- Seven All Jolly
- 12/11/2011
- in the same order
- one word holds a list
- False
- the letters make no word
- the rainbow colours
- night
- True
- Aunty
- chunking
- Rani
- a first-letter sentence
- condensation
- UAWL
- splitting into groups
- 12/04/1983
- 6
- red
- night
- 359 979 7807
- 541 158 2117
- 751 185 891
- collection
- 8322 4466 8656
- 1223 7921 5448
- an acronym
- 864 179 426
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