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 2982129664. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 298 221 9664 (b) 982 129 664 (c) 298 212 96664 (d) 298 212 9664
- 2.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 5.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 6.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, parrot, fan, mirror, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFMLC (b) PCFML (c) LMFPC (d) CPFML
- 8.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 225496393. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 224 596 393 (b) 222 549 6393 (c) 225 496 393 (d) 225 496 33
- 10.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 11.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) sea (b) bake (c) train (d) shell
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 984320932128. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9984 3209 32128 (b) 9843 2093 2128 (c) 9843 2093 1228 (d) 9843 2093 218
- 14.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) king (d) night
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Sing Love Funny (b) Sing Red Love Funny (c) Funny Love Sing Red (d) Sing Love Funny Red
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 350333243722. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3503 3324 372 (b) 3500 3332 43722 (c) 3503 3324 3722 (d) 3053 3324 3722
- 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) light (b) shake (c) sea (d) sock
- 18.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
- 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Play Aunty Ice ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Aunty (c) Sing (d) Toys
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 22.🎵 Which word does “bun” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) tree (d) night
- 23.True or false: “tea” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 6132609317. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 613 260 917 (b) 613 260 93177 (c) 613 269 0317 (d) 613 260 9317
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 3579939114. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 357 993 9114 (b) 357 993 911 (c) 357 993 91144 (d) 375 993 9114
- 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, mango, vase, banana, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBVMT (b) MTVBS (c) MVBST (d) TMVBS
- 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
- 29.✏️ 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 Cook Pigs (c) Cook Eat Pigs Cook (d) Eat Cook Pigs Cook
- 30.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) sun (d) clock
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, igloo, glass, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IAGJ (b) IGJA (c) AIGJ (d) JGIA
- 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) tea (b) spring (c) shake (d) knock
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, spoon, jug, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) STJR (b) RJST (c) TSJR (d) SJRT
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, rope, key, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RKIC (b) RCKI (c) CRKI (d) IKRC
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Silly (b) Wins Silly Green (c) Silly Wins Green (d) Green Wins Silly
- 37.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
- 38.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 39.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 311002994. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 002 994 (b) 311 002 94 (c) 311 002 9994 (d) 310 102 994
Answer key
- 298 212 9664
- False
- True
- MVEMJSUN
- splitting into groups
- one word holds a list
- CPFML
- a first-letter sentence
- 225 496 393
- 7
- 19 and 47
- train
- 9843 2093 2128
- tree
- Red Sing Love Funny
- 3503 3324 3722
- sea
- False
- March
- Sing
- an acronym
- sun
- True
- 613 260 9317
- 357 993 9114
- what each letter means
- TMVBS
- NESW
- Eat Cook Pigs Cook
- rain
- AIGJ
- ELPA
- knock
- TSJR
- CRKI
- Silly Wins Green
- initials match the list
- 4
- False
- 311 002 994
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