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: “key” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 289485301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 289 453 01 (b) 289 485 301 (c) 289 485 5301 (d) 829 485 301
- 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) free (b) fast (c) cold (d) long
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 842765972. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 842 765 72 (b) 824 765 972 (c) 842 765 972 (d) 842 765 9772
- 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 7.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) bell (d) night
- 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) sing (c) swing (d) ring
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 1436009074. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 134 600 9074 (b) 436 009 074 (c) 114 360 09074 (d) 143 600 9074
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 163539260017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1635 3926 017 (b) 1635 5392 60017 (c) 1635 9326 0017 (d) 1635 3926 0017
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) tea (b) chain (c) kite (d) bee
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, spoon, tomato, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTSM (b) MSTF (c) SMTF (d) STFM
- 13.🔢 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
- 14.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) nothing at all (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, fan, tent, pillow, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTPAD (b) FDTPA (c) DFTPA (d) APTFD
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Play Cats (b) Cats Play Crazy Eight (c) Eight Crazy Play Cats (d) Crazy Play Cats Eight
- 17.📅 The digits 24011986 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/0119/86 (b) 2401/19/86 (c) 24/01/1986 (d) 240/119/86
- 18.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 613706052170. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6137 0605 2170 (b) 6137 0605 21170 (c) 6137 0605 2107 (d) 6137 0605 270
- 20.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) king (d) cake
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 840486497. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 840 486 49 (b) 840 486 947 (c) 840 486 4997 (d) 840 486 497
- 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
- 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) ring (b) ton (c) knee (d) shake
- 24.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 883000161163. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8830 0016 1163 (b) 8830 0106 1163 (c) 8830 0016 113 (d) 8883 0001 61163
- 26.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) sun (d) bell
- 27.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, bucket, net? (a) Nani Big Dad (b) Dad Big Nani (c) Big Dad Nani (d) Big Nani Dad
- 29.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Goats (b) Wise Goats Sing (c) Goats Wise Sing (d) Sing Wise Goats
- 31.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 112006272528. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1120 0627 5228 (b) 1120 0627 25528 (c) 1120 0627 258 (d) 1120 0627 2528
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vines Eat Mum ___ Seven Under Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Jeeps (c) Runs (d) My
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, whistle, umbrella? (a) Wins Ice Up (b) Ice Wins Up (c) Up Wins Ice (d) Wins Up Ice
- 37.📅 The digits 10041961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 100/419/61 (b) 10/0419/61 (c) 10/04/1961 (d) 1004/19/61
- 38.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) tree (c) cake (d) sun
- 39.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
Answer key
- True
- 289 485 301
- free
- in the same order
- 842 765 972
- a first-letter sentence
- night
- snake
- 143 600 9074
- 1635 3926 0017
- kite
- MSTF
- 19 and 47
- numbers and letter lists
- DFTPA
- Eight Crazy Play Cats
- 24/01/1986
- the letters make no word
- 6137 0605 2170
- rain
- 840 486 497
- root
- knee
- 5
- 8830 0016 1163
- sun
- 7
- Dad Big Nani
- one word holds a list
- Sing Wise Goats
- True
- an acronym
- 1120 0627 2528
- Jeeps
- ECPC
- Ice Wins Up
- 10/04/1961
- tree
- 8
- ELPA
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