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.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) long (c) fast (d) free
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 331630854. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 331 163 0854 (b) 331 630 854 (c) 331 608 54 (d) 331 630 584
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, watch, tent? (a) Wins Tea Funny (b) Funny Wins Tea (c) Wins Funny Tea (d) Tea Wins Funny
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 211913529. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 121 913 529 (b) 211 913 5529 (c) 211 913 59 (d) 211 913 529
- 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 584304020. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 584 304 0200 (b) 583 404 020 (c) 584 304 20 (d) 584 304 020
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, rose, vase? (a) Mum Runs Vans (b) Runs Mum Vans (c) Runs Vans Mum (d) Vans Runs Mum
- 9.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 194 and 7
- 10.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is a smaller number (c) it is printed bigger (d) three chunks, not ten
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 9181185101. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 918 118 501 (b) 918 111 85101 (c) 918 118 5101 (d) 918 118 5110
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) lake (c) shake (d) wake
- 13.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 595515801. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 599 551 5801 (b) 595 515 801 (c) 559 515 801 (d) 955 158 01
- 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 16.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fun (b) main (c) one (d) won
- 18.📅 The digits 05011952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 050/119/52 (b) 05/0119/52 (c) 0501/19/52 (d) 05/01/1952
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, watch, spoon, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNSF (b) NWSF (c) FSWN (d) WSFN
- 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink ___ Ice Silly All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Aunty (c) Grab (d) Love
- 22.True or false: “brain” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
- 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) write (c) light (d) bite
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) fight (c) write (d) thing
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spring (b) ring (c) string (d) sea
- 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
- 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
- 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) known (c) true (d) clear
- 31.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) changes daily (c) means something to you (d) is very long
- 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) rain (d) clock
- 34.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 35.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lazy Frogs Rani (b) Rani Sing Lazy Frogs (c) Sing Rani Lazy Frogs (d) Frogs Lazy Sing Rani
- 37.True or false: “key” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, drum, anchor, tiger, ladder is “Bakes Dad ___ Tea Love”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Aunty (c) Young (d) Fly
- 39.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) a beat or a tune (c) saying it once quietly (d) no rhythm at all
- 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) more (c) again (d) fast
Answer key
- free
- 331 630 854
- a rhyme
- Funny Wins Tea
- 211 913 529
- the rainbow colours
- 584 304 020
- Mum Runs Vans
- 19 and 47
- three chunks, not ten
- 918 118 5101
- ton
- initials match the list
- 595 515 801
- a rhyme
- what each letter means
- main
- 05/01/1952
- NWSF
- a rhyme
- Aunty
- False
- a first-letter sentence
- sock
- thing
- sea
- north
- ELPA
- egg
- true
- means something to you
- True
- tree
- 2
- a rhyme
- Rani Sing Lazy Frogs
- False
- Aunty
- a beat or a tune
- more
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