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 word rhymes with “sun”? (a) bake (b) one (c) sing (d) lane
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 729474332. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 729 474 32 (b) 729 477 4332 (c) 724 974 332 (d) 729 474 332
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
- 4.True or false: “sock” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
- 6.True or false: “rake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
- 8.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) clock (d) sun
- 9.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
- 11.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) never say it (c) change it each day (d) say it aloud often
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 249228297. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 492 282 97 (b) 294 228 297 (c) 249 228 2977 (d) 249 228 297
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 472025403453. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4720 2450 3453 (b) 4720 2540 03453 (c) 4720 2540 3453 (d) 4720 2540 353
- 14.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
- 15.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it is a smaller number (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it has fewer digits
- 16.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, orange, net, apple, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODNAR (b) DONAR (c) RANOD (d) ONARD
- 18.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 19.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) bell (d) clock
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 729419545. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 729 195 45 (b) 729 419 545 (c) 729 149 545 (d) 772 941 9545
- 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, ice cream, jalebi, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ISJU (b) SIJU (c) UJIS (d) IJUS
- 23.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) night (d) cake
- 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lane (b) brain (c) main (d) shell
- 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for orange, van, goat, inkpot is “Owls Very ___ Ice”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Vans (c) Neat (d) Dance
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, kite, tiger? (a) Kind Under Toys (b) Toys Kind Under (c) Kind Toys Under (d) Under Kind Toys
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Silly Wins ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) My (c) Old (d) Toys
- 28.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 29.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) shell (c) well (d) spell
- 30.📅 The digits 02032000 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/03/2000 (b) 02/0320/00 (c) 0203/20/00 (d) 020/320/00
- 31.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, coconut, monkey, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMGI (b) GMCI (c) ICMG (d) CIMG
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, guava, pencil, ice cream, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AIPGV (b) VGPIA (c) GPIAV (d) GVPIA
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (b) Crazy Eight Pink Cats (c) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (d) Eight Crazy Pink Cats
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kite, spoon, ball, glass, watch is “___ Silly Bunny Green Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kites (b) Frogs (c) Toys (d) Uncle
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, radio, vase, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ROVL (b) LVRO (c) RVLO (d) ORVL
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Crazy Play (d) Crazy Every Play Crazy
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Aunty ___ Nine Silly All Eat Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Toys (b) My (c) Nani (d) All
- 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) world (c) star (d) planet
- 40.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- one
- 729 474 332
- in the same order
- False
- means something to you
- True
- west
- clock
- east
- ELPA
- say it aloud often
- 249 228 297
- 4720 2540 3453
- adult
- three chunks, not ten
- False
- DONAR
- what each letter means
- clock
- 729 419 545
- one word holds a list
- SIJU
- cake
- shell
- Goats
- Under Kind Toys
- Grab
- a list in a fixed order
- fight
- 02/03/2000
- 3
- ICMG
- VGPIA
- Eight Crazy Pink Cats
- Kites
- ORVL
- Every Crazy Play Crazy
- All
- one
- False
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