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 word rhymes with “rain”? (a) main (b) snake (c) smell (d) sing
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 331252353170. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3312 5235 3170 (b) 3312 5235 33170 (c) 3132 5235 3170 (d) 3125 2353 170
- 3.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Frogs Mice Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wise (b) Very (c) Jolly (d) Mum
- 5.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 and 947
- 6.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) no rhythm at all (c) saying it once quietly (d) a beat or a tune
- 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, apple, cat, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACTK (b) TCAK (c) AKCT (d) KACT
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink Aunty Ice ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Lions (c) Seven (d) Bakes
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, ice cream, kettle, coconut, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKCLJ (b) LCKIJ (c) JIKCL (d) IJKCL
- 11.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 12.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 14.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
- 15.🎵 Which word does “bun” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) sun (d) bell
- 16.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) they are longer (c) they are always true (d) sound patterns stick
- 17.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
- 19.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, doll, vase? (a) Pigs Dad Very (b) Very Dad Pigs (c) Dad Pigs Very (d) Dad Very Pigs
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, ant, bucket? (a) Aunty Bakes Play (b) Aunty Play Bakes (c) Bakes Aunty Play (d) Play Aunty Bakes
- 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
- 23.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) sun (d) bell
- 24.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) lane (c) cane (d) ton
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, net, jug, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCJG (b) CNJG (c) NJGC (d) GJNC
- 27.True or false: “well” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 806711716118. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8067 1171 61188 (b) 0867 1171 6118 (c) 8061 1716 118 (d) 8067 1171 6118
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, shoe, glass? (a) Play Silly Green (b) Green Silly Play (c) Silly Green Play (d) Silly Play Green
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, doll, vase? (a) Vines Dad Inside (b) Dad Inside Vines (c) Inside Dad Vines (d) Dad Vines Inside
- 31.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
- 32.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) nothing else
- 33.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) clock (c) cake (d) sun
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a very long one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
- 36.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) splitting into groups (c) writing it twice (d) reading very fast
- 37.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vans Eat Mice ___ Seven Uncle Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Neat (c) Dogs (d) Pigs
- 39.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 40.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
Answer key
- main
- 3312 5235 3170
- 6
- Jolly
- 19 and 47
- a beat or a tune
- a list in a fixed order
- KACT
- Seven
- JIKCL
- 3
- False
- chunking
- the rainbow colours
- sun
- sound patterns stick
- 8
- a first-letter sentence
- numbers and letter lists
- Pigs Dad Very
- Play Aunty Bakes
- Asia
- clock
- the letters make no word
- ton
- CNJG
- False
- 8067 1171 6118
- Play Silly Green
- Inside Dad Vines
- first letters as a word
- what each letter means
- sun
- a silly, funny one
- JFMA
- splitting into groups
- 5
- Jolly
- initials match the list
- adult
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