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.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 833821577. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 383 821 577 (b) 833 821 577 (c) 838 215 77 (d) 883 382 1577
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Silly ___ Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) Tea (c) Silly (d) Wet
- 4.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
- 5.📅 The digits 06111969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 061/119/69 (b) 06/1119/69 (c) 0611/19/69 (d) 06/11/1969
- 6.📅 The digits 17071978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 17/07/1978 (b) 170/719/78 (c) 1707/19/78 (d) 17/0719/78
- 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 682351002. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 682 351 020 (b) 682 351 1002 (c) 682 351 002 (d) 682 351 00
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Love Pigs Ants (b) Love Pigs Ants Eight (c) Ants Pigs Love Eight (d) Love Eight Pigs Ants
- 10.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) again (c) more (d) fast
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every ___ Pigs Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) Kind (c) Vines (d) Lions
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
- 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) North America (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) South America
- 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
- 15.True or false: “knock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat ___ Sing Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Eight (c) Funny (d) Kites
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, watch, kettle, apple, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWKAF (b) WCKAF (c) FAKWC (d) WKAFC
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, mango, sock? (a) Mum Seven Jolly (b) Seven Mum Jolly (c) Jolly Mum Seven (d) Mum Jolly Seven
- 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, jug, anchor? (a) Jump Cats All (b) Jump All Cats (c) All Jump Cats (d) Cats Jump All
- 21.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) bell (d) cake
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, goat, nest, whistle, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWNGM (b) MGNWC (c) GNWCM (d) GMNWC
- 23.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) snake (b) swing (c) spell (d) three
- 25.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, shoe, orange? (a) Cook Silly Owls (b) Owls Silly Cook (c) Silly Cook Owls (d) Silly Owls Cook
- 27.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 28.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) clock (d) tree
- 30.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
- 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
- 33.📅 The digits 15101991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1510/19/91 (b) 15/1019/91 (c) 151/019/91 (d) 15/10/1991
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 365022271. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 350 222 71 (b) 365 502 2271 (c) 365 022 217 (d) 365 022 271
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 1790896890. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 179 089 96890 (b) 170 989 6890 (c) 179 089 6890 (d) 790 896 890
- 36.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) shake (b) spell (c) snake (d) swing
- 38.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 39.📅 The digits 15101983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1510/19/83 (b) 15/10/1983 (c) 15/1019/83 (d) 151/019/83
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Funny My All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Kites (c) Jeeps (d) Grab
Answer key
- the letters make no word
- 833 821 577
- Wet
- March
- 06/11/1969
- 17/07/1978
- chunking
- 682 351 002
- Eight Love Pigs Ants
- more
- Lions
- ECPC
- Europe
- green
- True
- Eight
- CWKAF
- Jolly Mum Seven
- chunking
- Cats Jump All
- cake
- MGNWC
- False
- snake
- False
- Cook Silly Owls
- one word holds a list
- False
- tree
- Pacific
- False
- a silly, funny one
- 15/10/1991
- 365 022 271
- 179 089 6890
- False
- swing
- a first-letter sentence
- 15/10/1983
- Jeeps
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