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.📅 The digits 01041961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/04/1961 (b) 0104/19/61 (c) 010/419/61 (d) 01/0419/61
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Love Funny Red (b) Funny Love Seven Red (c) Seven Red Love Funny (d) Red Seven Love Funny
- 3.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) sun (d) king
- 4.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they are always true (c) they need no practice (d) sound patterns stick
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jeeps Funny Mice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wet (b) Mice (c) All (d) Yaks
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
- 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 296980946. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 229 698 0946 (b) 296 989 46 (c) 296 980 946 (d) 296 980 964
- 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 335979113. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 333 597 9113 (b) 335 971 13 (c) 335 979 113 (d) 339 579 113
- 11.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
- 12.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
- 13.🔢 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
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 198260216653. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1982 2602 16653 (b) 9826 0216 653 (c) 1982 6021 6653 (d) 1982 6026 1653
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ink Bakes Grab Yaks ___ Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Owls (b) Crazy (c) Funny (d) Bakes
- 16.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
- 17.📅 The digits 05011970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 050/119/70 (b) 05/0119/70 (c) 05/01/1970 (d) 0501/19/70
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pigs Aunty Every (b) Lazy Every Pigs Aunty (c) Every Lazy Pigs Aunty (d) Aunty Pigs Lazy Every
- 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 20.📅 The digits 20071952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 200/719/52 (b) 2007/19/52 (c) 20/07/1952 (d) 20/0719/52
- 21.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Frogs Mice All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Sing (b) Jump (c) Toys (d) Love
- 23.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) ended (c) done (d) learnt
- 24.True or false: “tea” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 26.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) no rhythm at all (c) a beat or a tune (d) writing it tiny
- 27.📅 The digits 25012011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/0120/11 (b) 250/120/11 (c) 2501/20/11 (d) 25/01/2011
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 4174285345. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 417 428 5345 (b) 417 482 5345 (c) 417 485 345 (d) 417 428 53445
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Pink Crazy (b) Cook Eight Pink Crazy (c) Crazy Pink Cook Eight (d) Cook Pink Crazy Eight
- 31.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, jeep, anchor, doll, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJADI (b) JSADI (c) JADIS (d) IDAJS
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) fight (b) main (c) ton (d) sock
- 34.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) well (b) sing (c) bright (d) make
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for doll, coconut, parrot, whistle is “Dance Cook ___ Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Dance (c) Mum (d) Ink
- 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) knee (c) shock (d) key
- 40.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
Answer key
- 01/04/1961
- Red Seven Love Funny
- king
- sound patterns stick
- All
- ECPC
- pupa
- 296 980 946
- an acronym
- 335 979 113
- the letters make no word
- evaporation
- three chunks, not ten
- 1982 6021 6653
- Owls
- numbers and letter lists
- 05/01/1970
- Every Lazy Pigs Aunty
- one word holds a list
- 20/07/1952
- 2
- Jump
- done
- False
- an acronym
- a beat or a tune
- 25/01/2011
- in the same order
- 417 428 5345
- Eight Cook Pink Crazy
- 5
- SJADI
- main
- what each letter means
- a rhyme
- make
- Play
- False
- shock
- south
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