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.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) over (c) learnt (d) done
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a dull, plain one
- 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 4.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) night (b) sun (c) cake (d) clock
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, drum, ball? (a) Dance Bunny Lions (b) Bunny Dance Lions (c) Dance Lions Bunny (d) Lions Dance Bunny
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, glass, umpire, kettle, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSUKI (b) SGUKI (c) GUKIS (d) IKUGS
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 497107619132. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4971 0769 132 (b) 4791 0761 9132 (c) 4971 0761 9132 (d) 4997 1076 19132
- 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jeeps Fly My ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Crazy (b) Sing (c) Ice (d) Ants
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 9589049749. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 995 890 49749 (b) 958 094 9749 (c) 958 049 749 (d) 958 904 9749
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, vase, tiger, glass, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWTGD (b) DGTVW (c) VTGDW (d) WVTGD
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, needle, tomato? (a) Tea Nani Grab (b) Nani Tea Grab (c) Nani Grab Tea (d) Grab Nani Tea
- 13.🎵 Which word does “kite” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) cake (d) rain
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 344112702. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 344 112 702 (b) 344 411 2702 (c) 344 117 202 (d) 344 117 02
- 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, duck, ant, bucket, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBADP (b) PDABG (c) DPABG (d) DABGP
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, kettle, pencil, needle, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KPNUJ (b) UNPKJ (c) JKPNU (d) KJPNU
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 2878112574. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 288 711 2574 (b) 288 781 12574 (c) 287 811 2574 (d) 287 811 274
- 19.True or false: “make” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 507429920. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 507 442 9920 (b) 507 429 20 (c) 504 729 920 (d) 507 429 920
- 21.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
- 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) key (b) lake (c) done (d) won
- 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) snake (c) rake (d) lake
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Goats (b) Wise Goats Sing (c) Sing Wise Goats (d) Goats Wise Sing
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Pink Ants (b) Love Pink Ants Eat (c) Ants Pink Love Eat (d) Eat Love Pink Ants
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cats Eat (b) Eat Cats Play Cats (c) Eat Cats Cats Play (d) Cats Eat Play Cats
- 28.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) won (b) bright (c) wing (d) spring
- 30.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it has fewer digits (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is printed bigger
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pigs Aunty Ice ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wet (b) Grab (c) Cats (d) Sing
- 33.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants All Neat ___ Aunty Eight Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Funny (c) Yaks (d) Silly
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 4637811581. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 463 781 158 (b) 643 781 1581 (c) 463 781 1581 (d) 463 788 11581
- 36.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 37.📅 The digits 17012012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 17/01/2012 (b) 17/0120/12 (c) 1701/20/12 (d) 170/120/12
- 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
- 39.True or false: “run” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: “done” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- done
- a silly, funny one
- chunking
- night
- Lions Dance Bunny
- SGUKI
- 4971 0761 9132
- Ants
- MVEMJSUN
- 958 904 9749
- WVTGD
- Grab Nani Tea
- night
- 344 112 702
- an acronym
- PDABG
- JKPNU
- 287 811 2574
- False
- 507 429 920
- initials match the list
- a rhyme
- key
- knock
- Sing Wise Goats
- Eat Love Pink Ants
- Eat Cats Play Cats
- the letters make no word
- won
- three chunks, not ten
- PAISA
- Sing
- 2
- Silly
- 463 781 1581
- True
- 17/01/2012
- collection
- True
- False
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