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 28092021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/0920/21 (b) 280/920/21 (c) 28/09/2021 (d) 2809/20/21
- 2.📅 The digits 06092011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 060/920/11 (b) 06/09/2011 (c) 06/0920/11 (d) 0609/20/11
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 968470935440. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9684 7093 4540 (b) 9684 7093 540 (c) 9684 7093 54440 (d) 9684 7093 5440
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) wing (c) rock (d) swing
- 5.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for net, anchor, vase, cat, lemon is “Nine Ants ___ Cats Lazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Very (c) Tea (d) Mum
- 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) sell (b) knock (c) bite (d) bun
- 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
- 10.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 11.📅 The digits 19091997 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1909/19/97 (b) 19/09/1997 (c) 19/0919/97 (d) 190/919/97
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eight Crazy ___ Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Jolly (c) Very (d) Pink
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, duck, flute, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFKC (b) KFDC (c) DCFK (d) CDFK
- 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
- 15.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
- 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
- 18.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) only numbers
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, radio, frog? (a) Frogs Rani Kites (b) Rani Kites Frogs (c) Kites Rani Frogs (d) Rani Frogs Kites
- 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Runs Lions Frogs (b) Frogs Lions Sing Runs (c) Sing Lions Frogs Runs (d) Runs Sing Lions Frogs
- 22.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) steps (c) songs (d) tricks
- 23.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
- 24.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 25.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) night (b) sun (c) clock (d) bell
- 26.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) rain (d) sun
- 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 28.✏️ 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
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
- 30.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) is very long (c) has no pattern (d) means something to you
- 31.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 33.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
- 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 36.📅 The digits 20031975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 20/0319/75 (b) 2003/19/75 (c) 20/03/1975 (d) 200/319/75
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 662361779378. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6623 6179 378 (b) 6623 6177 9378 (c) 6623 6177 9387 (d) 6622 3617 79378
- 39.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) clock (d) cake
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, duck, pencil, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPDN (b) DPMN (c) DNPM (d) NDPM
Answer key
- 28/09/2021
- 06/09/2011
- 9684 7093 5440
- rock
- the letters make no word
- Very
- a list in a fixed order
- knock
- one word holds a list
- 3
- 19/09/1997
- Pink
- CDFK
- JFMA
- what each letter means
- NESW
- ECPC
- numbers and letter lists
- Kites Rani Frogs
- blue
- Runs Sing Lions Frogs
- tricks
- March
- 5
- sun
- rain
- a first-letter sentence
- initials match the list
- RSLF
- means something to you
- 5
- an acronym
- True
- VIBGYOR
- chunking
- 20/03/1975
- chunking
- 6623 6177 9378
- clock
- NDPM
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