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 does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) sock (c) knock (d) one
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 193982161591. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1939 8216 15591 (b) 1998 2161 591 (c) 1939 8216 1591 (d) 1939 8261 1591
- 3.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 194 and 7
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump My Ants (b) Funny My Ants Jump (c) Jump Funny My Ants (d) Ants My Funny Jump
- 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) shell (b) shake (c) run (d) lake
- 7.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a very long word
- 8.True or false: “main” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) key (c) bake (d) sea
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, drum, umbrella, pencil is “Jolly Dad Under ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Cook (c) Only (d) Nine
- 11.True or false: “won” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for lemon, apple, coconut, igloo is “Lazy Aunty Cook ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Up (c) Dad (d) Ink
- 14.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat ___ Seven Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eight (b) Bunny (c) Green (d) My
- 16.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) fast (c) long (d) free
- 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 18.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) numbers and letter lists
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants All Nani Silly Aunty ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Up (c) Play (d) Eight
- 20.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
- 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) chain (b) run (c) bright (d) swing
- 24.📅 The digits 06031953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0603/19/53 (b) 060/319/53 (c) 06/03/1953 (d) 06/0319/53
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Lazy Funny (b) Sing Lazy Funny Rani (c) Rani Sing Lazy Funny (d) Funny Lazy Sing Rani
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for radio, urn, monkey, duck is “Rani Under My ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Dogs (c) Neat (d) Eat
- 27.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Silly Lazy Frogs (b) Frogs Lazy Silly Runs (c) Silly Lazy Frogs Runs (d) Silly Runs Lazy Frogs
- 29.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 31.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they are longer (c) they need no practice (d) sound patterns stick
- 32.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) an acronym
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 228862802. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 228 862 802 (b) 228 862 2802 (c) 288 628 02 (d) 228 862 820
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) sing (b) spell (c) one (d) done
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eight ___ Pink Cook”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Ice (c) Owls (d) Vines
- 36.True or false: “cane” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink Ants Ink Seven ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Dad (c) Frogs (d) Aunty
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for igloo, whistle, nest, jalebi, duck is “Ice Wins ___ Jolly Dad”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) My (c) Seven (d) Nine
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for coconut, van, ball, duck, jeep is “Cook ___ Bakes Dance Jolly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Owls (b) Goats (c) Red (d) Vans
Answer key
- one
- 1939 8216 1591
- 19 and 47
- Jump Funny My Ants
- an acronym
- shell
- initials match the list
- True
- bake
- Pigs
- False
- False
- Ink
- the rainbow colours
- Eight
- free
- one word holds a list
- numbers and letter lists
- Eight
- True
- 3
- VIBGYOR
- run
- 06/03/1953
- Rani Sing Lazy Funny
- Dogs
- a memory trick
- Runs Silly Lazy Frogs
- chunking
- chunking
- sound patterns stick
- an acronym
- 228 862 802
- sing
- Cats
- False
- 8
- Aunty
- Nine
- Vans
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