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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
- 4.📅 The digits 04091977 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 040/919/77 (b) 0409/19/77 (c) 04/0919/77 (d) 04/09/1977
- 5.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) tree (d) king
- 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) tricks (c) games (d) steps
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, tomato, ladder, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWLG (b) WTLG (c) GLTW (d) TLGW
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
- 9.🎵 Which word does “write” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) night (d) bell
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 143800806105. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1438 0080 6105 (b) 1438 0080 61055 (c) 4380 0806 105 (d) 1438 0080 6150
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) swing (c) spell (d) well
- 12.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) rain (d) clock
- 13.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) key (c) sea (d) run
- 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shock (b) rock (c) ring (d) lock
- 16.📅 The digits 08101999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/1019/99 (b) 0810/19/99 (c) 08/10/1999 (d) 081/019/99
- 17.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 18.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 603992552. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 609 925 52 (b) 603 999 2552 (c) 603 992 552 (d) 609 392 552
- 20.🧰 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
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) ton (b) light (c) knock (d) shake
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 312255521. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 555 21 (b) 132 255 521 (c) 312 255 5211 (d) 312 255 521
- 23.📅 The digits 09122011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/12/2011 (b) 09/1220/11 (c) 0912/20/11 (d) 091/220/11
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 271719779. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 271 717 79 (b) 271 179 779 (c) 271 719 779 (d) 271 711 9779
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, van, candle? (a) Vans Lions Cats (b) Vans Cats Lions (c) Lions Vans Cats (d) Cats Vans Lions
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 387072296. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 870 722 96 (b) 387 072 269 (c) 387 077 2296 (d) 387 072 296
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Love Play Aunty (b) Aunty Play Love Every (c) Love Play Aunty Every (d) Love Every Play Aunty
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bee (b) block (c) ton (d) ring
- 30.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, umpire, parrot, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DPUB (b) UPDB (c) UBPD (d) BUPD
- 32.📅 The digits 13072003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/0720/03 (b) 1307/20/03 (c) 130/720/03 (d) 13/07/2003
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, urn, kite, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UIKB (b) IUKB (c) BKUI (d) UKBI
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 3226535610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 322 653 5601 (b) 332 265 35610 (c) 326 535 610 (d) 322 653 5610
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, anchor, pencil? (a) My All Pink (b) Pink All My (c) All My Pink (d) All Pink My
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 169434438. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 169 434 483 (b) 169 434 4388 (c) 169 434 438 (d) 164 344 38
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jump Fly Mice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) All (c) Grab (d) Tiny
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, tomato, flute, key, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TOFKC (b) TFKCO (c) OTFKC (d) CKFTO
Answer key
- an acronym
- chunking
- AANSAEA
- 04/09/1977
- king
- tricks
- WTLG
- RSLF
- night
- 1438 0080 6105
- swing
- clock
- 19 and 47
- run
- ring
- 08/10/1999
- saffron
- 9
- 603 992 552
- a first-letter sentence
- shake
- 312 255 521
- 09/12/2011
- 271 719 779
- JFMA
- Lions Vans Cats
- 387 072 296
- Every Love Play Aunty
- ring
- first letters as a word
- BUPD
- 13/07/2003
- IUKB
- 322 653 5610
- a silly, funny one
- My All Pink
- 169 434 438
- MVEMJSUN
- All
- OTFKC
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