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.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
- 3.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 170879631. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 170 879 361 (b) 108 796 31 (c) 170 877 9631 (d) 170 879 631
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 301901542. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 301 901 1542 (b) 309 015 42 (c) 301 901 542 (d) 301 910 542
- 7.📅 The digits 16072003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 160/720/03 (b) 16/0720/03 (c) 1607/20/03 (d) 16/07/2003
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, owl, anchor? (a) Only Seven Aunty (b) Seven Only Aunty (c) Aunty Only Seven (d) Only Aunty Seven
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
- 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shock (b) fun (c) lock (d) knock
- 11.✏️ 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
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 820668902605. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8206 6890 2605 (b) 8206 6890 265 (c) 8206 6889 02605 (d) 2806 6890 2605
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, violin, pillow, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRPF (b) RVPF (c) VPFR (d) FPVR
- 14.True or false: “knock” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
- 16.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) only numbers
- 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) lane (b) thing (c) ton (d) run
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, drum, wallet? (a) Dogs Wise Vines (b) Wise Dogs Vines (c) Dogs Vines Wise (d) Vines Dogs Wise
- 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 20.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
- 21.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, kite, ant? (a) Kind Aunty Nine (b) Aunty Kind Nine (c) Kind Nine Aunty (d) Nine Kind Aunty
- 24.True or false: “plane” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 26.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) cake (d) clock
- 27.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 28.📅 The digits 22052014 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/520/14 (b) 2205/20/14 (c) 22/0520/14 (d) 22/05/2014
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kite, coconut, frog, tent, needle is “Kind Cats ___ Toys Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Aunty (c) Fly (d) Red
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, ant, umpire? (a) Aunty Uncle Pigs (b) Pigs Aunty Uncle (c) Uncle Aunty Pigs (d) Aunty Pigs Uncle
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lions Silly Rani (b) Rani Silly Lions Funny (c) Silly Rani Lions Funny (d) Silly Lions Funny Rani
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wins Nani (b) Nani Eat Sing Wins (c) Wins Sing Eat Nani (d) Eat Nani Sing Wins
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) run (b) tea (c) bright (d) ring
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 5477334441. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 547 733 44411 (b) 547 733 4441 (c) 477 334 441 (d) 574 733 4441
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) bake (b) done (c) key (d) rock
- 38.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 39.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Pigs Cats (b) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (c) Cook Eight Pigs Cats (d) Cook Pigs Cats Eight
Answer key
- 5
- a silly, funny one
- False
- 170 879 631
- PAISA
- 301 901 542
- 16/07/2003
- Seven Only Aunty
- JFMA
- fun
- initials match the list
- 8206 6890 2605
- RVPF
- False
- ELPA
- numbers and letter lists
- lane
- Vines Dogs Wise
- chunking
- the rainbow colours
- False
- a first-letter sentence
- Nine Kind Aunty
- False
- a list in a fixed order
- clock
- False
- 22/05/2014
- Fly
- VIBGYOR
- Pigs Aunty Uncle
- Rani Silly Lions Funny
- Nani Eat Sing Wins
- ECPC
- run
- 547 733 4441
- rock
- 4
- 2
- Eight Cook Pigs Cats
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