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.📅 The digits 23021976 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 230/219/76 (b) 2302/19/76 (c) 23/02/1976 (d) 23/0219/76
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “All All Neat Silly ___ Every Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Jump (c) Aunty (d) Pigs
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 132883100286. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1328 8130 0286 (b) 1288 3100 286 (c) 1328 8331 00286 (d) 1328 8310 0286
- 4.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, sock, needle? (a) Nine Silly Bunny (b) Silly Bunny Nine (c) Bunny Silly Nine (d) Silly Nine Bunny
- 6.📅 The digits 15051960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/0519/60 (b) 150/519/60 (c) 15/05/1960 (d) 1505/19/60
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, frog, parrot? (a) Fly My Pigs (b) Pigs Fly My (c) Fly Pigs My (d) My Fly Pigs
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, violin, doll? (a) Dad Very Toys (b) Very Toys Dad (c) Very Dad Toys (d) Toys Very Dad
- 9.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) bell (d) cake
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) backwards
- 11.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) night (d) bell
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 720719386210. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7207 1386 210 (b) 7270 1938 6210 (c) 7207 1938 62210 (d) 7207 1938 6210
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
- 14.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 15.📅 The digits 26022017 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/02/2017 (b) 2602/20/17 (c) 260/220/17 (d) 26/0220/17
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 6983214592. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 698 321 4592 (b) 698 332 14592 (c) 698 231 4592 (d) 698 324 592
- 17.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Very Every My Jolly ___ Uncle Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Neat (b) Ants (c) Sing (d) Runs
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 5089538060. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 508 953 8060 (b) 509 538 060 (c) 508 953 80660 (d) 508 958 3060
- 21.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) sun (d) clock
- 22.📅 The digits 13071995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/07/1995 (b) 130/719/95 (c) 1307/19/95 (d) 13/0719/95
- 23.📅 The digits 06061980 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 060/619/80 (b) 0606/19/80 (c) 06/0619/80 (d) 06/06/1980
- 24.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is a smaller number (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is printed bigger
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 295247523. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 252 475 23 (b) 259 247 523 (c) 295 247 523 (d) 229 524 7523
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 8058396916. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 850 839 6916 (b) 805 839 6916 (c) 805 833 96916 (d) 858 396 916
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jump Funny Mum ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Aunty (c) Young (d) Goats
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 896764784. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 867 647 84 (b) 896 764 7884 (c) 896 764 748 (d) 896 764 784
- 29.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 30.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 522443425. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 522 443 4225 (b) 524 243 425 (c) 522 443 425 (d) 522 443 42
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 792830430855. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7928 3043 0855 (b) 7983 0430 855 (c) 9728 3043 0855 (d) 7928 3043 08555
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 34.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 35.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rock (b) make (c) snake (d) rake
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Green (b) Wins Green Seven (c) Wins Seven Green (d) Green Wins Seven
- 38.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) cake (d) tree
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, duck, vase? (a) Lions Dogs Vans (b) Dogs Vans Lions (c) Dogs Lions Vans (d) Vans Dogs Lions
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 1923605928. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 192 236 05928 (b) 192 360 5928 (c) 192 306 5928 (d) 192 360 928
Answer key
- 23/02/1976
- Aunty
- 1328 8310 0286
- True
- Bunny Silly Nine
- 15/05/1960
- My Fly Pigs
- Toys Very Dad
- tree
- in the same order
- bell
- 7207 1938 6210
- PAISA
- 5
- 26/02/2017
- 698 321 4592
- False
- a list in a fixed order
- Sing
- 508 953 8060
- king
- 13/07/1995
- 06/06/1980
- three chunks, not ten
- 295 247 523
- 805 839 6916
- Aunty
- 896 764 784
- a first-letter sentence
- March
- 522 443 425
- 7928 3043 0855
- a first-letter sentence
- what each letter means
- True
- rock
- Seven Wins Green
- tree
- Lions Dogs Vans
- 192 360 5928
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