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.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) tricks (c) steps (d) songs
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, kettle, flute, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLFP (b) LKFP (c) PFKL (d) KFPL
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
- 4.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) tree (d) king
- 5.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, urn, cat? (a) Cook Uncle Very (b) Uncle Cook Very (c) Uncle Very Cook (d) Very Uncle Cook
- 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) shake (b) kite (c) light (d) fight
- 9.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
- 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 12.True or false: “one” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it is printed bigger (c) it has fewer digits (d) three chunks, not ten
- 14.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) snake (b) spell (c) lake (d) kite
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, mango, shoe? (a) Seven Mum Runs (b) Runs Mum Seven (c) Mum Runs Seven (d) Mum Seven Runs
- 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) lock (b) three (c) kite (d) wing
- 18.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Every Seven Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Silly (c) Runs (d) Neat
- 20.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
- 21.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
- 22.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) rain (d) night
- 23.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, urn, doll? (a) Up Cats Dad (b) Dad Up Cats (c) Cats Up Dad (d) Up Dad Cats
- 25.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, ice cream, fan? (a) Inside Ants Frogs (b) Frogs Inside Ants (c) Inside Frogs Ants (d) Ants Inside Frogs
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, candle, rope? (a) Crazy Red Mice (b) Crazy Mice Red (c) Red Crazy Mice (d) Mice Crazy Red
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, lemon, coconut? (a) Lions Crazy Dogs (b) Crazy Lions Dogs (c) Lions Dogs Crazy (d) Dogs Lions Crazy
- 29.📅 The digits 21101975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 21/10/1975 (b) 211/019/75 (c) 21/1019/75 (d) 2110/19/75
- 30.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) bell (d) cake
- 31.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 32.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Earth
- 34.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) cake (d) clock
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jug, tent, kite, fan, goat is “___ Toys Kind Frogs Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Owls (b) Mum (c) Jolly (d) Aunty
- 36.📅 The digits 07011957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 070/119/57 (b) 07/0119/57 (c) 07/01/1957 (d) 0701/19/57
- 37.📅 The digits 19041968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/0419/68 (b) 19/04/1968 (c) 1904/19/68 (d) 190/419/68
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, igloo, shoe? (a) Ice Sing Owls (b) Ice Owls Sing (c) Owls Ice Sing (d) Sing Ice Owls
- 39.🧰 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
- 40.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
Answer key
- tricks
- LKFP
- SWG
- night
- Arctic
- Very Uncle Cook
- a rhyme
- shake
- adult
- True
- a first-letter sentence
- True
- three chunks, not ten
- False
- spell
- Runs Mum Seven
- three
- 19 and 47
- Neat
- one word holds a list
- splitting into groups
- night
- a list in a fixed order
- Cats Up Dad
- the letters make no word
- Ants Inside Frogs
- Mice Crazy Red
- Dogs Lions Crazy
- 21/10/1975
- bell
- 5
- 2
- Earth
- cake
- Jolly
- 07/01/1957
- 19/04/1968
- Owls Ice Sing
- an acronym
- what each letter means
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