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 rhymes with “king”? (a) ring (b) light (c) shake (d) snake
- 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) say (c) write (d) know
- 3.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) egg (d) adult
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 646337707095. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6463 3770 7095 (b) 6463 3377 07095 (c) 6436 3770 7095 (d) 6463 3770 709
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
- 6.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, spoon, onion? (a) Sing Bunny Owls (b) Bunny Sing Owls (c) Owls Sing Bunny (d) Sing Owls Bunny
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, banana, apple, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPAJ (b) BAJP (c) PBAJ (d) JABP
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for umpire, vase, igloo, orange is “___ Vans Inside Old”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Wise (c) Goats (d) Under
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) light (b) rake (c) rock (d) snake
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) plane (b) main (c) train (d) run
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) wake (c) light (d) rake
- 15.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) they are always true (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are longer
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for umbrella, anchor, igloo, whistle is “___ Ants Ink Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Vans (c) Uncle (d) Frogs
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Pigs Cook (b) Crazy Pigs Cook Eight (c) Cook Pigs Crazy Eight (d) Crazy Eight Pigs Cook
- 18.📅 The digits 19022002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/02/2002 (b) 19/0220/02 (c) 1902/20/02 (d) 190/220/02
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jeeps ___ Mice Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Runs (b) Funny (c) Up (d) Big
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) lake (c) wake (d) ton
- 21.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
- 22.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) cake (d) tree
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 5189628713. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 518 962 8713 (b) 518 628 713 (c) 518 962 87133 (d) 518 962 7813
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 172154493. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 127 154 493 (b) 172 154 43 (c) 172 154 493 (d) 172 154 4993
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, candle, nest, parrot, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CKNPM (b) MPNCK (c) CNPMK (d) KCNPM
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, mango, flute? (a) My Funny Very (b) My Very Funny (c) Funny My Very (d) Very My Funny
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, wallet, nest, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MNWG (b) GWNM (c) WGNM (d) WNMG
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ice Bunny Green Yaks Only ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Inside (c) Dogs (d) Pink
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vines Every Mum Jeeps Seven Up ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wins (b) Aunty (c) Nani (d) Young
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, rope, owl? (a) Rani Only Neat (b) Neat Rani Only (c) Only Rani Neat (d) Rani Neat Only
- 32.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “sing” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pink Cook (b) Cats Pink Cook Every (c) Every Cats Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cats Every
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eight Lazy ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Pigs (c) Cook (d) Old
- 36.True or false: “string” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) right (c) true (d) known
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 39.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a rhyme about cats
- 40.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
Answer key
- ring
- know
- adult
- 6463 3770 7095
- ELPA
- an acronym
- Bunny Sing Owls
- PBAJ
- Under
- in the same order
- ECPC
- light
- run
- light
- sound patterns stick
- Uncle
- Eight Crazy Pigs Cook
- 19/02/2002
- Funny
- ton
- chunking
- cake
- 518 962 8713
- 172 154 493
- KCNPM
- Very My Funny
- GWNM
- Rani
- SWG
- Nani
- Neat Rani Only
- False
- False
- Every Cats Pink Cook
- Pigs
- True
- true
- chunking
- initials match the list
- numbers and letter lists
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