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 does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) done (c) bun (d) shell
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, needle, wallet? (a) Under Nani Wins (b) Wins Nani Under (c) Nani Wins Under (d) Nani Under Wins
- 3.📅 The digits 05022022 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/0220/22 (b) 05/02/2022 (c) 0502/20/22 (d) 050/220/22
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 231124043012. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2311 2440 3012 (b) 2312 4043 012 (c) 2311 2404 3012 (d) 2311 2404 30122
- 5.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) free (c) long (d) fast
- 6.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) smell (b) thing (c) main (d) won
- 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 9.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only pictures
- 11.📅 The digits 11111975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/11/1975 (b) 111/119/75 (c) 1111/19/75 (d) 11/1119/75
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Every Seven Wins (b) Wins Seven Every Neat (c) Every Seven Wins Neat (d) Every Neat Seven Wins
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, doll, van, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVLB (b) DBVL (c) LVDB (d) BDVL
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bee (b) make (c) bun (d) block
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
- 16.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 17.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
- 18.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Play All (b) All Play Lions Every (c) Lions Play All Every (d) Lions Every Play All
- 20.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) clear (c) known (d) right
- 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) fight (c) make (d) kite
- 22.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 659428842. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 659 442 8842 (b) 569 428 842 (c) 659 428 42 (d) 659 428 842
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Lazy Funny (b) Seven Lazy Funny Rani (c) Rani Seven Lazy Funny (d) Funny Lazy Seven Rani
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
- 26.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) brain (b) bright (c) plane (d) tell
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 667936136. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 667 963 136 (b) 667 936 136 (c) 667 936 1136 (d) 667 936 13
- 29.True or false: “won” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lions Funny (b) Seven Lions Funny Rani (c) Funny Lions Seven Rani (d) Seven Rani Lions Funny
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) lock (b) string (c) train (d) bite
- 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 33.📅 The digits 18092024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/09/2024 (b) 18/0920/24 (c) 1809/20/24 (d) 180/920/24
- 34.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) spell (b) tea (c) wing (d) kite
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, ant, mirror, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMCB (b) BAMC (c) CMAB (d) ABMC
- 40.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
Answer key
- shell
- Under Nani Wins
- 05/02/2022
- 2311 2404 3012
- free
- one word holds a list
- main
- an acronym
- False
- numbers and letter lists
- 11/11/1975
- Neat Every Seven Wins
- BDVL
- make
- ELPA
- 5
- a first-letter sentence
- 5
- Every Lions Play All
- true
- make
- the letters make no word
- 659 428 842
- Rani Seven Lazy Funny
- a silly, funny one
- 5
- tell
- 667 936 136
- True
- Rani Seven Lions Funny
- lock
- a rhyme
- 18/09/2024
- initials match the list
- True
- 2
- wing
- RSLF
- BAMC
- first letters as a word
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