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.✏️ 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
- 2.True or false: “chain” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 3.📅 The digits 03041953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 030/419/53 (b) 0304/19/53 (c) 03/04/1953 (d) 03/0419/53
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ink Bunny Green ___ Old Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ink (b) Mum (c) Jolly (d) Yaks
- 5.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) night (c) cake (d) rain
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 964100316261. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9641 0031 6261 (b) 9641 0033 16261 (c) 9614 0031 6261 (d) 9641 0016 261
- 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
- 8.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) sell (c) sea (d) tea
- 10.📅 The digits 02021997 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/0219/97 (b) 02/02/1997 (c) 020/219/97 (d) 0202/19/97
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, ladder, tiger, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALTG (b) GTLA (c) LATG (d) LTGA
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mice Fly Jolly (b) Jolly Fly Mice Ants (c) Fly Mice Ants Jolly (d) Fly Jolly Mice Ants
- 13.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) light (b) shake (c) done (d) three
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Red Sing Lions ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Inside (c) Eat (d) Toys
- 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
- 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) string (b) key (c) make (d) spring
- 21.📅 The digits 24082008 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/0820/08 (b) 2408/20/08 (c) 240/820/08 (d) 24/08/2008
- 22.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) learn (c) say (d) know
- 23.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) saying it once quietly (c) writing it tiny (d) a beat or a tune
- 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
- 25.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
- 26.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
- 27.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) bell (d) clock
- 28.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) means something to you (c) changes daily (d) is very long
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
- 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 340639643101. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3406 3964 3101 (b) 3406 3963 101 (c) 3406 3964 1301 (d) 3406 3964 31001
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 398488945. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 398 848 8945 (b) 398 488 945 (c) 394 889 45 (d) 938 488 945
- 32.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) king (d) sun
- 33.📅 The digits 22102004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 221/020/04 (b) 2210/20/04 (c) 22/1020/04 (d) 22/10/2004
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 6730476104. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 730 476 104 (b) 673 047 1604 (c) 673 047 61044 (d) 673 047 6104
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, flute, jeep, guava, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FJGDB (b) DGJFB (c) BFJGD (d) FBJGD
- 36.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Silly Wise ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Grab (c) Every (d) Ice
- 38.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
- 39.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
Answer key
- initials match the list
- True
- 03/04/1953
- Yaks
- rain
- 9641 0031 6261
- a memory trick
- 19 and 47
- sell
- 02/02/1997
- ALTG
- Jolly Fly Mice Ants
- 4
- done
- ECPC
- Frogs
- a first-letter sentence
- an acronym
- Atlantic
- make
- 24/08/2008
- know
- a beat or a tune
- ELPA
- evaporation
- a rhyme
- clock
- means something to you
- a silly, funny one
- 3406 3964 3101
- 398 488 945
- king
- 22/10/2004
- 673 047 6104
- BFJGD
- splitting into groups
- Grab
- chunking
- False
- 5
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