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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, needle, ball? (a) Bunny Nine Play (b) Play Nine Bunny (c) Nine Play Bunny (d) Nine Bunny Play
- 2.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) king (b) bell (c) tree (d) night
- 3.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
- 4.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for lemon, tent, pencil, ice cream is “Lions Toys ___ Ice”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) Runs (c) Wet (d) Dad
- 6.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
- 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, rope, mango, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMWO (b) ORMW (c) ROMW (d) WMRO
- 10.📅 The digits 06082019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 060/820/19 (b) 06/0820/19 (c) 06/08/2019 (d) 0608/20/19
- 11.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bake (b) spring (c) block (d) knee
- 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
- 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
- 15.📅 The digits 23042007 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 23/0420/07 (b) 23/04/2007 (c) 230/420/07 (d) 2304/20/07
- 16.📅 The digits 09011999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/01/1999 (b) 09/0119/99 (c) 090/119/99 (d) 0901/19/99
- 17.True or false: “light” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 684731258. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 847 312 58 (b) 684 731 258 (c) 684 731 1258 (d) 684 731 528
- 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
- 22.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
- 23.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “fun” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) done (b) over (c) learnt (d) ended
- 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) tricks (b) steps (c) games (d) songs
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) in the same order
- 28.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) night (b) bell (c) rain (d) king
- 29.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink Ants Eight (b) Eight Lazy Pink Ants (c) Ants Pink Lazy Eight (d) Lazy Eight Pink Ants
- 31.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 32.True or false: “tea” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) chain (b) sing (c) snake (d) white
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ball, rose, anchor, van is “Bunny Red Aunty ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Jump (c) Play (d) Yaks
- 35.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 36.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mum Ants (b) Frogs Mum Ants Jeeps (c) Ants Mum Frogs Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs Mum Ants
- 39.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) night (d) rain
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, cat, nest, goat, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CANGS (b) SGNCA (c) ACNGS (d) CNGSA
Answer key
- Play Nine Bunny
- bell
- numbers and letter lists
- 2
- Pink
- False
- a list in a fixed order
- chunking
- ORMW
- 06/08/2019
- an acronym
- spring
- a first-letter sentence
- SWG
- 23/04/2007
- 09/01/1999
- True
- 684 731 258
- a rhyme
- an acronym
- first letters as a word
- the letters make no word
- True
- True
- done
- tricks
- in the same order
- rain
- False
- Eight Lazy Pink Ants
- the rainbow colours
- False
- snake
- Very
- precipitation
- April
- a silly, funny one
- Jeeps Frogs Mum Ants
- cake
- ACNGS
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