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 493679744. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 493 679 744 (b) 493 697 44 (c) 449 367 9744 (d) 493 769 744
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Crazy Every (b) Every Crazy Pigs Crazy (c) Every Crazy Crazy Pigs (d) Crazy Every Pigs Crazy
- 3.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
- 4.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
- 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
- 6.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mars
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, fan, jug, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFJL (b) FCJL (c) FJLC (d) LJFC
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 9626080511. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 962 680 511 (b) 692 608 0511 (c) 962 608 05111 (d) 962 608 0511
- 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 11.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
- 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) steps (b) tricks (c) games (d) songs
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, candle, wallet, ball, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJWBK (b) CWBKJ (c) KBWCJ (d) JCWBK
- 14.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Seven Wise (b) Nine Eat Seven Wise (c) Eat Seven Wise Nine (d) Wise Seven Eat Nine
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, frog, bucket, radio, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IFBRD (b) FBRDI (c) DRBFI (d) FIBRD
- 17.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 18.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 117492074. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 117 492 2074 (b) 117 492 074 (c) 114 792 074 (d) 117 920 74
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, umpire, goat? (a) Up Goats Fly (b) Fly Up Goats (c) Up Fly Goats (d) Goats Up Fly
- 21.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) thing (b) swing (c) bee (d) wing
- 23.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 9423714231. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 492 371 4231 (b) 942 714 231 (c) 942 371 14231 (d) 942 371 4231
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, radio, inkpot? (a) Vines Rani Ice (b) Rani Vines Ice (c) Rani Ice Vines (d) Ice Rani Vines
- 26.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) Australia
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “___ Ants Neat Silly Aunty Every Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Wise (c) Neat (d) Inside
- 28.True or false: “string” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tomato, ice cream, anchor, mango is “Tea Ice ___ Mice”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Grab (c) Very (d) Ants
- 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 621618918674. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6216 1898 674 (b) 2616 1891 8674 (c) 6216 1189 18674 (d) 6216 1891 8674
- 32.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) sound patterns stick (c) they need no practice (d) they are longer
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) chain (b) shock (c) done (d) knee
- 34.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, net, doll, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANDI (b) NDIA (c) IDNA (d) NADI
- 36.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
- 37.📅 The digits 08121965 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/12/1965 (b) 08/1219/65 (c) 081/219/65 (d) 0812/19/65
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, tomato, radio? (a) Runs Tiny Ink (b) Ink Tiny Runs (c) Tiny Runs Ink (d) Tiny Ink Runs
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, apple, watch, jug, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJWAD (b) DAWJK (c) AWJKD (d) ADWJK
- 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) South America (d) Africa
Answer key
- 493 679 744
- Every Crazy Pigs Crazy
- precipitation
- east
- first letters as a word
- 5
- Uranus
- CFJL
- 962 608 0511
- chunking
- the letters make no word
- tricks
- JCWBK
- False
- Nine Eat Seven Wise
- IFBRD
- 6
- True
- 117 492 074
- Fly Up Goats
- means something to you
- bee
- the rainbow colours
- 942 371 4231
- Vines Rani Ice
- Antarctica
- Aunty
- False
- Ants
- chunking
- 6216 1891 8674
- sound patterns stick
- knee
- False
- ANDI
- splitting into groups
- 08/12/1965
- Ink Tiny Runs
- DAWJK
- Australia
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