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.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, whistle, orange, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOWI (b) WIOK (c) IWOK (d) WOKI
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sell (b) fun (c) ton (d) one
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 6697385805. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 669 738 5850 (b) 669 385 805 (c) 669 973 85805 (d) 669 738 5805
- 4.True or false: “main” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) backwards
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
- 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) fast (c) twice (d) again
- 8.📅 The digits 28022014 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/02/2014 (b) 2802/20/14 (c) 28/0220/14 (d) 280/220/14
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
- 10.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
- 12.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 8112572293. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 812 157 2293 (b) 811 257 2293 (c) 811 257 22293 (d) 811 257 223
- 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) free (b) long (c) cold (d) fast
- 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
- 16.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 346214130963. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3462 1413 0963 (b) 3466 2141 30963 (c) 3461 4130 963 (d) 3642 1413 0963
- 18.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) rain (d) clock
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 8099145696. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 899 145 696 (b) 880 991 45696 (c) 809 914 5696 (d) 809 914 6596
- 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) write (b) free (c) train (d) smell
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pigs Cats (b) Every Cats Pigs Cats (c) Cats Pigs Cats Every (d) Every Cats Cats Pigs
- 22.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Sing (b) Wise Sing Goats (c) Goats Wise Sing (d) Sing Wise Goats
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 346399827. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 346 399 27 (b) 346 399 827 (c) 344 639 9827 (d) 346 399 287
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 376822539. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 376 822 53 (b) 376 822 539 (c) 376 825 239 (d) 377 682 2539
- 27.📅 The digits 26102008 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 261/020/08 (b) 2610/20/08 (c) 26/1020/08 (d) 26/10/2008
- 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
- 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) tricks (c) games (d) steps
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, drum, umpire, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUNK (b) KDUN (c) NUDK (d) DKUN
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, monkey, vase? (a) Mum All Very (b) Mum Very All (c) Very Mum All (d) All Mum Very
- 32.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 33.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 835449149. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 835 449 149 (b) 835 544 9149 (c) 835 491 49 (d) 835 449 194
- 35.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) rain (d) clock
- 36.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 37.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) night (d) bell
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 577774967. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 577 774 967 (b) 557 777 4967 (c) 577 749 67 (d) 577 779 467
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump My Ants (b) Ants My Frogs Jump (c) Jump Frogs My Ants (d) Frogs My Ants Jump
Answer key
- IWOK
- sell
- 669 738 5805
- False
- in the same order
- a silly, funny one
- more
- 28/02/2014
- RSLF
- saffron
- first letters as a word
- the letters make no word
- 811 257 2293
- free
- root
- a first-letter sentence
- 3462 1413 0963
- clock
- 809 914 5696
- free
- Every Cats Pigs Cats
- False
- True
- Sing Wise Goats
- 346 399 827
- 376 822 539
- 26/10/2008
- SWG
- tricks
- KDUN
- All Mum Very
- a rhyme
- initials match the list
- 835 449 149
- clock
- 4
- bell
- a rhyme
- 577 774 967
- Jump Frogs My Ants
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