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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in any order
- 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) main (b) light (c) lane (d) plane
- 4.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) clock (c) cake (d) sun
- 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 6.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) clock (d) bell
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 802236496. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 802 263 496 (b) 802 233 6496 (c) 802 236 496 (d) 802 234 96
- 8.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) saying it once quietly (c) writing it tiny (d) a beat or a tune
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Sing Wise ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Green (c) Vines (d) Pigs
- 10.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) bell (d) tree
- 11.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) king (d) rain
- 12.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
- 13.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) tricks (c) games (d) steps
- 14.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 16.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 127771861022. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1727 7186 1022 (b) 2777 1861 022 (c) 1277 7186 10022 (d) 1277 7186 1022
- 18.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
- 19.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, apple, umbrella, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AUDF (b) DUAF (c) AFUD (d) FAUD
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ink ___ Goats Young Only Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Tiny (c) Pigs (d) Lions
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, cat, spoon, fan, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSFTI (b) CISFT (c) TFSCI (d) ICSFT
- 23.True or false: “run” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) plane (c) chain (d) brain
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) sock (b) rake (c) train (d) sell
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 711780024655. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7117 8002 24655 (b) 7117 8004 655 (c) 7117 8002 4655 (d) 7171 8002 4655
- 27.📅 The digits 06111955 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0611/19/55 (b) 06/11/1955 (c) 061/119/55 (d) 06/1119/55
- 28.📅 The digits 27061955 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/06/1955 (b) 270/619/55 (c) 27/0619/55 (d) 2706/19/55
- 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, drum, ice cream? (a) Ink Dad Fly (b) Dad Fly Ink (c) Fly Dad Ink (d) Dad Ink Fly
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 719966103. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 719 966 013 (b) 719 966 103 (c) 719 961 03 (d) 719 966 1033
- 32.📅 The digits 01012012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0101/20/12 (b) 010/120/12 (c) 01/0120/12 (d) 01/01/2012
- 33.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it is printed bigger (c) it has fewer digits (d) three chunks, not ten
- 34.📅 The digits 15072012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 150/720/12 (b) 15/0720/12 (c) 1507/20/12 (d) 15/07/2012
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) well (b) rock (c) sing (d) three
- 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, ant, doll, needle, tiger is “Cats ___ Dogs Nine Tiny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yum (b) All (c) Vans (d) Love
- 38.📅 The digits 28071978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/0719/78 (b) 280/719/78 (c) 28/07/1978 (d) 2807/19/78
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “___ Aunty Inside Sing Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Young (b) Silly (c) Frogs (d) Pigs
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for guava, inkpot, duck, umpire, banana is “Goats Inside Dance ___ Bakes”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Bunny (c) Young (d) Up
Answer key
- what each letter means
- in the same order
- light
- sun
- one word holds a list
- tree
- 802 236 496
- a beat or a tune
- Green
- tree
- rain
- numbers and letter lists
- tricks
- False
- 5
- a rhyme
- 1277 7186 1022
- first letters as a word
- a list in a fixed order
- FAUD
- Bakes
- ICSFT
- True
- shake
- sell
- 7117 8002 4655
- 06/11/1955
- 27/06/1955
- a first-letter sentence
- Fly Dad Ink
- 719 966 103
- 01/01/2012
- three chunks, not ten
- 15/07/2012
- well
- chunking
- All
- 28/07/1978
- Pigs
- Up
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