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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, pencil, urn, nest is “Goats ___ Uncle Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Eat (c) Ants (d) Pink
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) wing (c) string (d) main
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 7578643180. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 757 864 31880 (b) 757 684 3180 (c) 757 864 318 (d) 757 864 3180
- 4.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
- 5.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Indian
- 6.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 7.🎵 Which word does “string” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) king (c) cake (d) clock
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
- 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) tea (b) light (c) kite (d) lock
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 217154940. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 271 154 940 (b) 217 154 940 (c) 211 715 4940 (d) 217 549 40
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, doll, flute, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFCM (b) DMFC (c) MDFC (d) CFDM
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, shoe, umbrella? (a) Uncle Seven Cook (b) Seven Uncle Cook (c) Seven Cook Uncle (d) Cook Seven Uncle
- 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
- 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 16.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) night (d) rain
- 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, rope, banana? (a) Big Runs Wet (b) Wet Runs Big (c) Runs Wet Big (d) Runs Big Wet
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, net, pencil, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPGD (b) DNPG (c) GPND (d) NDPG
- 20.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, needle, violin? (a) Very Nani Runs (b) Nani Runs Very (c) Nani Very Runs (d) Runs Nani Very
- 22.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
- 23.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 24.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 320041659. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 320 041 659 (b) 320 401 659 (c) 200 416 59 (d) 320 041 1659
- 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ice cream, lemon, owl, ball, glass is “Ink Love Owls Bunny ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Only (b) Goats (c) Uncle (d) Neat
- 28.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) changes daily (c) means something to you (d) is very long
- 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 30.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) clock (d) night
- 31.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 529363558. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 529 365 358 (b) 529 336 3558 (c) 529 363 558 (d) 529 363 58
- 33.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) say (c) write (d) know
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 1710718001. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 171 077 18001 (b) 171 078 1001 (c) 110 718 001 (d) 171 071 8001
- 35.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) ton (c) one (d) won
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, shoe, anchor? (a) Seven All Cook (b) Seven Cook All (c) All Seven Cook (d) Cook Seven All
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, cat, apple, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCAS (b) SACD (c) CDAS (d) CASD
- 39.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Funny Jolly (b) Jolly Funny Mum Aunty (c) Funny Mum Aunty Jolly (d) Funny Jolly Mum Aunty
Answer key
- Pink
- main
- 757 864 3180
- a first-letter sentence
- Atlantic
- 8
- king
- a silly, funny one
- lock
- 217 154 940
- MDFC
- Cook Seven Uncle
- chunking
- PAISA
- a rhyme
- rain
- one word holds a list
- Wet Runs Big
- DNPG
- 6
- Runs Nani Very
- three chunks, not ten
- 6
- 2
- 320 041 659
- what each letter means
- Goats
- means something to you
- a first-letter sentence
- cake
- True
- 529 363 558
- know
- 171 071 8001
- the letters make no word
- bake
- Cook Seven All
- DCAS
- splitting into groups
- Jolly Funny Mum Aunty
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