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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) red (d) green
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, fan, monkey? (a) Frogs Old My (b) Old Frogs My (c) Frogs My Old (d) My Frogs Old
- 4.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) is very long
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Red Seven ___ Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Love (b) Pigs (c) Wet (d) Tea
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 9315223839. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 913 522 3839 (b) 931 522 23839 (c) 915 223 839 (d) 931 522 3839
- 8.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) over (c) done (d) learnt
- 9.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
- 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) free (c) wing (d) sea
- 11.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) bell (d) cake
- 12.📅 The digits 22111988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 221/119/88 (b) 2211/19/88 (c) 22/11/1988 (d) 22/1119/88
- 13.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
- 16.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
- 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 18.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) clock (d) cake
- 19.True or false: “bite” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
- 22.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
- 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 203953227685. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2039 5322 7685 (b) 2039 5327 2685 (c) 2039 5322 685 (d) 2039 5322 76685
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 348739078. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 348 730 78 (b) 334 873 9078 (c) 347 839 078 (d) 348 739 078
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants Aunty Neat ___ All Eight Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Young (b) Only (c) Sing (d) Eight
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, van, jug? (a) Cats Vans Jolly (b) Vans Jolly Cats (c) Vans Cats Jolly (d) Jolly Vans Cats
- 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mice Frogs Jeeps (b) Jeeps Frogs Mice Aunty (c) Frogs Mice Aunty Jeeps (d) Frogs Jeeps Mice Aunty
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Pink Cook Eat (d) Eat Crazy Pink Cook
- 31.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
- 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Uranus
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 3196166354. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 319 616 6345 (b) 319 616 6354 (c) 319 616 635 (d) 319 961 66354
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
- 35.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 36.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Love Play Ants (b) Love Play Ants Every (c) Love Every Play Ants (d) Ants Play Love Every
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, jalebi, mirror, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMJD (b) JMPD (c) DJMP (d) JDMP
- 39.📅 The digits 02092017 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/0920/17 (b) 020/920/17 (c) 0209/20/17 (d) 02/09/2017
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, monkey, rope? (a) My Seven Runs (b) My Runs Seven (c) Runs My Seven (d) Seven My Runs
Answer key
- a rhyme
- green
- Old Frogs My
- means something to you
- Love
- PAISA
- 931 522 3839
- done
- a first-letter sentence
- wing
- night
- 22/11/1988
- 3
- ELPA
- RSLF
- a list in a fixed order
- a rhyme
- cake
- True
- stem
- a silly, funny one
- one word holds a list
- MVEMJSUN
- 2039 5322 7685
- 348 739 078
- Sing
- Cats Vans Jolly
- SWG
- Jeeps Frogs Mice Aunty
- Eat Crazy Pink Cook
- March
- Uranus
- 319 616 6354
- JFMA
- 3
- a memory trick
- Every Love Play Ants
- DJMP
- 02/09/2017
- Seven My Runs
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