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.🔢 You want to remember the number 111523843. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 111 522 3843 (b) 111 523 843 (c) 111 238 43 (d) 111 253 843
- 2.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 6821917939. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 621 917 939 (b) 682 119 17939 (c) 682 191 7939 (d) 681 291 7939
- 4.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
- 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for watch, monkey, kettle, ant is “Wise Mice Kind ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Young (c) Frogs (d) Aunty
- 8.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
- 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 10.📅 The digits 07112020 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0711/20/20 (b) 07/11/2020 (c) 07/1120/20 (d) 071/120/20
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Lazy Funny (b) Funny Lazy Sing Rani (c) Sing Lazy Funny Rani (d) Rani Sing Lazy Funny
- 12.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) cake (d) clock
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, owl, lamp? (a) Owls Lazy Goats (b) Goats Owls Lazy (c) Lazy Owls Goats (d) Owls Goats Lazy
- 14.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 15.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Antarctica (d) North America
- 16.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
- 18.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) has no pattern (d) means something to you
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, jug, radio? (a) Runs Jump Vans (b) Jump Vans Runs (c) Jump Runs Vans (d) Vans Jump Runs
- 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
- 21.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
- 22.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
- 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) rake (b) swing (c) ton (d) kite
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 575806432092. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5758 6043 2092 (b) 5758 0643 202 (c) 5758 0643 2092 (d) 5758 0664 32092
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 921185451335. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9118 5451 335 (b) 9211 8544 51335 (c) 9211 8455 1335 (d) 9211 8545 1335
- 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) violet (d) red
- 27.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wise Neat (b) Eat Neat Sing Wise (c) Neat Eat Sing Wise (d) Wise Sing Eat Neat
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
- 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) block (b) knee (c) lake (d) train
- 31.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Lions Eight (b) Lions Eight Pink All (c) Eight Lions Pink All (d) Lions Pink All Eight
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ice Big Goats ___ Owls Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Uncle (b) Big (c) Seven (d) Yum
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 314326772653. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1343 2677 2653 (b) 3143 2677 2653 (c) 3143 2677 72653 (d) 3132 6772 653
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 370111178. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 370 111 178 (b) 370 111 78 (c) 370 111 1178 (d) 730 111 178
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
- 37.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no practice (c) they are always true (d) sound patterns stick
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, lemon, glass, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLGC (b) LGCJ (c) CGLJ (d) LJGC
Answer key
- 111 523 843
- one word holds a list
- 682 191 7939
- root
- January
- JFMA
- Aunty
- east
- a first-letter sentence
- 07/11/2020
- Rani Sing Lazy Funny
- clock
- Goats Owls Lazy
- 4
- North America
- the rainbow colours
- a list in a fixed order
- means something to you
- Vans Jump Runs
- what each letter means
- collection
- chunking
- kite
- 5758 0643 2092
- 9211 8545 1335
- violet
- True
- Neat Eat Sing Wise
- NESW
- train
- True
- Eight Lions Pink All
- Yum
- 3143 2677 2653
- 370 111 178
- AANSAEA
- True
- True
- sound patterns stick
- JLGC
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