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.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) has no pattern (c) is very long (d) means something to you
- 2.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
- 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, shoe, drum, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDSF (b) SFDI (c) FSDI (d) SDIF
- 4.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) rain (d) king
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, candle, anchor, ice cream, fan is “___ Crazy Aunty Inside Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Jump (c) Runs (d) Nani
- 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Earth
- 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
- 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 9.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 717580855. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 717 580 855 (b) 771 758 0855 (c) 717 850 855 (d) 717 808 55
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “___ Love Pink Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Love (c) Ice (d) Wise
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps My Ants (b) Ants My Funny Jeeps (c) Funny My Ants Jeeps (d) Jeeps Funny My Ants
- 14.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 15.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 473631558. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 743 631 558 (b) 473 615 58 (c) 473 631 5558 (d) 473 631 558
- 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
- 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) clock (d) king
- 20.🔢 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
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) free (b) run (c) fun (d) bun
- 23.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) over (c) done (d) learnt
- 25.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Sing Runs (b) Sing Runs Love Frogs (c) Sing Love Frogs Runs (d) Runs Sing Love Frogs
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, anchor, candle, bucket, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBCAG (b) GACBW (c) ACBWG (d) AGCBW
- 28.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 7901259946. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 790 125 9496 (b) 790 125 9946 (c) 901 259 946 (d) 790 012 59946
- 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) shake (b) lane (c) light (d) rake
- 32.✏️ 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
- 33.True or false: “sing” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) sea (c) run (d) won
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, umbrella, kite? (a) Up Dogs Kites (b) Up Kites Dogs (c) Kites Up Dogs (d) Dogs Up Kites
- 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 37.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) writing it tiny (c) no rhythm at all (d) a beat or a tune
- 38.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 39.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
- 40.True or false: “free” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- means something to you
- January
- FSDI
- sun
- Jump
- Earth
- a list in a fixed order
- one word holds a list
- 4
- 717 580 855
- Eat
- a silly, funny one
- Jeeps Funny My Ants
- the letters make no word
- splitting into groups
- 473 631 558
- egg
- True
- bell
- 19 and 47
- a first-letter sentence
- free
- 9
- done
- first letters as a word
- Runs Sing Love Frogs
- GACBW
- chunking
- 790 125 9946
- chunking
- light
- initials match the list
- True
- sea
- Dogs Up Kites
- an acronym
- a beat or a tune
- 5
- what each letter means
- True
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