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 cat, whistle, urn, monkey, banana is “Cook Wet ___ Mice Big”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Only (b) Play (c) Up (d) Young
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 115522502117. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1155 2205 2117 (b) 1155 2250 2117 (c) 1155 2250 117 (d) 1155 5225 02117
- 3.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
- 4.✏️ 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
- 5.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) means something to you (c) changes daily (d) has no pattern
- 6.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) blue (c) violet (d) green
- 8.📅 The digits 23011954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 230/119/54 (b) 2301/19/54 (c) 23/0119/54 (d) 23/01/1954
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, umbrella, rope? (a) Uncle Play Red (b) Play Uncle Red (c) Red Uncle Play (d) Uncle Red Play
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 383408263. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 383 408 623 (b) 383 408 263 (c) 388 340 8263 (d) 334 082 63
- 11.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) sun (d) bell
- 12.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 13.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) Australia (d) North America
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants All ___ Sing All Eight All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Owls (c) Nani (d) Yaks
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, nest, candle? (a) Nine Cook Dance (b) Nine Dance Cook (c) Cook Nine Dance (d) Dance Nine Cook
- 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) larva (d) pupa
- 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) well (c) tell (d) cane
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Play Ants Inside ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Grab (c) My (d) Ice
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 105192273007. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1019 2273 007 (b) 1051 9223 7007 (c) 1051 9227 30007 (d) 1051 9227 3007
- 21.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
- 22.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
- 23.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
- 24.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, cat, key, orange, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFKOA (b) CKOAF (c) FCKOA (d) AOKCF
- 26.🧰 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
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat ___ Seven Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eight (b) Kites (c) Young (d) Only
- 28.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) rain (d) tree
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for shoe, watch, flute, needle, lemon is “Seven Wins Funny ___ Love”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) Kids (c) Lazy (d) Nine
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) fast (c) again (d) more
- 31.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) you like spelling (d) the list is short
- 32.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) night (b) sun (c) tree (d) king
- 33.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
- 34.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 409305994977. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4093 0599 4977 (b) 4093 0599 49777 (c) 4903 0599 4977 (d) 4093 0594 977
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Grab (b) Grab Wet Seven (c) Wet Seven Grab (d) Wet Grab Seven
- 37.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) nothing at all
- 38.📅 The digits 14121958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 141/219/58 (b) 14/1219/58 (c) 1412/19/58 (d) 14/12/1958
- 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for owl, monkey, kite, umbrella is “Old ___ Kind Uncle”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mum (b) Frogs (c) Goats (d) Aunty
Answer key
- Up
- 1155 2250 2117
- egg
- initials match the list
- means something to you
- False
- red
- 23/01/1954
- Play Uncle Red
- 383 408 263
- bell
- 2
- False
- Africa
- Nani
- Dance Nine Cook
- pupa
- cane
- Silly
- 1051 9227 3007
- evaporation
- a first-letter sentence
- splitting into groups
- True
- FCKOA
- chunking
- Eight
- cake
- Nine
- more
- the letters make no word
- king
- a list in a fixed order
- False
- 4093 0599 4977
- Seven Wet Grab
- numbers and letter lists
- 14/12/1958
- ELPA
- Mum
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