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 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
- 3.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) the list is short (d) there is no list
- 4.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) numbers and letter lists (c) nothing at all (d) only numbers
- 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Play Aunty (b) Aunty Play Lions Every (c) Lions Play Aunty Every (d) Lions Every Play Aunty
- 7.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 2751908719. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 227 519 08719 (b) 275 190 8719 (c) 725 190 8719 (d) 275 190 879
- 9.📅 The digits 11072018 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/0720/18 (b) 1107/20/18 (c) 11/07/2018 (d) 110/720/18
- 10.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) chain (b) string (c) well (d) kite
- 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) South America
- 13.📅 The digits 02042021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 020/420/21 (b) 02/0420/21 (c) 02/04/2021 (d) 0204/20/21
- 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) in the same order
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 715848867. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 715 884 8867 (b) 715 848 867 (c) 715 848 86 (d) 715 488 867
- 16.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) indigo
- 18.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 19.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs Aunty Eat (b) Lions Eat Pigs Aunty (c) Eat Lions Pigs Aunty (d) Aunty Pigs Lions Eat
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for goat, rose, orange, pillow, coconut is “Goats Runs ___ Pink Crazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Only (b) Mum (c) Every (d) Yaks
- 22.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) night (d) clock
- 23.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
- 27.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat Every ___ Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Eat (c) Uncle (d) Silly
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Sing Love Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Rani (c) Grab (d) All
- 31.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is a smaller number (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is printed bigger
- 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) make (b) train (c) three (d) light
- 33.📅 The digits 15091984 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/0919/84 (b) 15/09/1984 (c) 150/919/84 (d) 1509/19/84
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, cat, key? (a) Cats Mice Kids (b) Kids Cats Mice (c) Mice Cats Kids (d) Cats Kids Mice
- 35.📅 The digits 15112005 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 151/120/05 (b) 15/11/2005 (c) 15/1120/05 (d) 1511/20/05
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 4087084300. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 408 708 430 (b) 407 808 4300 (c) 408 708 4300 (d) 408 700 84300
- 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) brain (b) well (c) white (d) lock
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
- 40.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) wing (b) sock (c) ton (d) white
Answer key
- 4
- ECPC
- the letters make no word
- numbers and letter lists
- first letters as a word
- Every Lions Play Aunty
- False
- 275 190 8719
- 11/07/2018
- True
- string
- Asia
- 02/04/2021
- in the same order
- 715 848 867
- saffron
- yellow
- what each letter means
- precipitation
- Eat Lions Pigs Aunty
- Only
- night
- 8
- chunking
- a first-letter sentence
- VIBGYOR
- True
- an acronym
- Silly
- Rani
- three chunks, not ten
- light
- 15/09/1984
- Mice Cats Kids
- 15/11/2005
- 408 708 4300
- east
- white
- a silly, funny one
- sock
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