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.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 2748990986. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 274 899 0986 (b) 274 889 90986 (c) 274 899 098 (d) 247 899 0986
- 3.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) is very long (c) has no pattern (d) changes daily
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, net, whistle, tent, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTWNR (b) NRWTJ (c) RNWTJ (d) NWTJR
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vines Eight ___ Jeeps Silly Under Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Play (c) Mum (d) Cook
- 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) kite (b) fight (c) main (d) shell
- 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
- 9.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
- 10.True or false: “main” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) saying it once quietly (c) a beat or a tune (d) writing it tiny
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, duck, lamp? (a) Lazy Dance My (b) My Dance Lazy (c) Dance My Lazy (d) Dance Lazy My
- 13.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) cake (d) night
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, banana, pillow? (a) Pink Bakes Uncle (b) Bakes Pink Uncle (c) Bakes Uncle Pink (d) Uncle Bakes Pink
- 15.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 16.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) night (b) rain (c) tree (d) clock
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
- 18.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
- 19.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it has fewer digits (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 205868557. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 586 8557 (b) 205 865 57 (c) 025 868 557 (d) 205 868 557
- 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
- 22.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
- 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 24.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 26.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
- 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
- 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Cook Eight (c) Cook Eight Play Crazy (d) Cook Play Crazy Eight
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 976127009099. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9761 2070 9099 (b) 9761 2700 909 (c) 9761 2700 09099 (d) 9761 2700 9099
- 32.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) swing (c) brain (d) thing
- 35.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) sing (c) bright (d) wing
- 37.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) bell (d) sun
- 38.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 39.📅 The digits 14071981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1407/19/81 (b) 140/719/81 (c) 14/07/1981 (d) 14/0719/81
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for frog, shoe, watch, net, jalebi is “Frogs Sing Wise Nine ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Bunny (c) Crazy (d) Jump
Answer key
- True
- 274 899 0986
- means something to you
- RNWTJ
- Mum
- shell
- a rhyme
- ECPC
- west
- True
- a beat or a tune
- My Dance Lazy
- king
- Uncle Bakes Pink
- 7
- clock
- NESW
- a list in a fixed order
- three chunks, not ten
- 205 868 557
- ELPA
- first letters as a word
- a first-letter sentence
- True
- 3
- initials match the list
- AANSAEA
- chunking
- larva
- Eight Cook Play Crazy
- 9761 2700 9099
- 5
- a rhyme
- brain
- 2
- bright
- bell
- one word holds a list
- 14/07/1981
- Jump
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