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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cook Eat (b) Eat Cook Pigs Cook (c) Cook Eat Pigs Cook (d) Eat Cook Cook Pigs
- 2.📅 The digits 26082024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 260/820/24 (b) 26/08/2024 (c) 2608/20/24 (d) 26/0820/24
- 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, mirror, tiger, ant, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CATMK (b) MKTAC (c) MTACK (d) KMTAC
- 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 5.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) clock (c) king (d) bell
- 6.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Play Cats (c) Crazy Play Cats Eat (d) Crazy Eat Play Cats
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) fight (b) one (c) well (d) ring
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 692838304346. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9283 8304 346 (b) 6928 3830 04346 (c) 6928 3380 4346 (d) 6928 3830 4346
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 4317778571. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 417 778 571 (b) 413 777 8571 (c) 431 777 8571 (d) 443 177 78571
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Inside Bunny Green Young Owls Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Big (c) Vines (d) Sing
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) fight (b) bee (c) sock (d) bite
- 13.📅 The digits 17121961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 171/219/61 (b) 17/12/1961 (c) 17/1219/61 (d) 1712/19/61
- 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants Aunty Neat Silly ___ Eight Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Only (c) Cats (d) All
- 15.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 194 and 7
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “___ All Nani Sing All Eat Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Dogs (c) Play (d) Aunty
- 17.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is printed bigger
- 18.🎵 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
- 19.📅 The digits 22122005 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2212/20/05 (b) 22/12/2005 (c) 221/220/05 (d) 22/1220/05
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, violin, drum? (a) Vines Silly Dad (b) Vines Dad Silly (c) Silly Vines Dad (d) Dad Vines Silly
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, pillow, bucket, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBTU (b) PUBT (c) UPBT (d) TBPU
- 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) block (b) lake (c) brain (d) one
- 23.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
- 25.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
- 26.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
- 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) tricks (c) games (d) steps
- 28.📅 The digits 02052004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0205/20/04 (b) 02/05/2004 (c) 020/520/04 (d) 02/0520/04
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 780464781671. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7880 4647 81671 (b) 7804 6478 161 (c) 7806 4478 1671 (d) 7804 6478 1671
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) shell (c) smell (d) fun
- 31.📅 The digits 19012011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/0120/11 (b) 190/120/11 (c) 19/01/2011 (d) 1901/20/11
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Runs ___ Love Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Every (c) My (d) Kind
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, flute, jeep, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAJN (b) FJNA (c) NJFA (d) AFJN
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
- 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
- 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) say (c) know (d) learn
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) kite (b) wing (c) lock (d) tell
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, coconut, igloo, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VCIA (b) CVIA (c) AICV (d) CIAV
- 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) more (c) fast (d) twice
- 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
Answer key
- Eat Cook Pigs Cook
- 26/08/2024
- KMTAC
- a first-letter sentence
- tree
- 9
- Eat Crazy Play Cats
- ring
- 6928 3830 4346
- 431 777 8571
- Vines
- sock
- 17/12/1961
- All
- 19 and 47
- Aunty
- three chunks, not ten
- free
- 22/12/2005
- Silly Vines Dad
- UPBT
- brain
- False
- a silly, funny one
- means something to you
- one word holds a list
- tricks
- 02/05/2004
- 7804 6478 1671
- fun
- 19/01/2011
- Seven
- AFJN
- RSLF
- February
- know
- kite
- VCIA
- more
- chunking
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