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.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, pillow, umpire, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUPA (b) APUT (c) PAUT (d) PUTA
- 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) know (c) write (d) learn
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shake (b) sock (c) one (d) brain
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 433072168095. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4330 7216 80995 (b) 4330 7216 8095 (c) 4330 7218 6095 (d) 4337 2168 095
- 6.📅 The digits 14021994 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1402/19/94 (b) 14/0219/94 (c) 140/219/94 (d) 14/02/1994
- 7.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tiger, apple, jug, guava is “Tea Ants ___ Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Toys (b) Cats (c) Jolly (d) Rani
- 10.True or false: “spring” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WGS
- 13.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Seven Wins (b) Wins Seven Every Neat (c) Every Seven Wins Neat (d) Neat Every Seven Wins
- 17.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
- 18.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) change it each day (c) say it aloud often (d) read it once silently
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, rose, net? (a) Red Nani Bakes (b) Nani Red Bakes (c) Bakes Red Nani (d) Red Bakes Nani
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, bucket, tomato, radio, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTRPK (b) BKTRP (c) KBTRP (d) PRTBK
- 21.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 22.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) make (c) tell (d) shake
- 24.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 25.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
- 26.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
- 27.True or false: “train” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pigs All Ink Sing ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Inside (c) Aunty (d) Kites
- 29.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) more (c) twice (d) fast
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, glass, igloo, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIDV (b) DIGV (c) VGID (d) GVID
- 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) indigo (d) green
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Every (b) Cats Every Pink Cook (c) Every Cats Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cats Every
- 34.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) cane (c) train (d) plane
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, banana, goat, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPGS (b) PBGS (c) BGSP (d) SGBP
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 6908797068. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 690 877 068 (b) 690 879 7068 (c) 690 879 70668 (d) 690 789 7068
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Funny Jolly (b) Funny My All Jolly (c) Jolly Funny My All (d) Funny Jolly My All
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jeep, goat, parrot, van, rope is “Jolly ___ Pigs Very Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Jolly (c) Dogs (d) Goats
- 40.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
Answer key
- egg
- APUT
- know
- brain
- 4330 7216 8095
- 14/02/1994
- False
- an acronym
- Jolly
- False
- a silly, funny one
- SWG
- False
- numbers and letter lists
- ECPC
- Neat Every Seven Wins
- first letters as a word
- say it aloud often
- Bakes Red Nani
- KBTRP
- a list in a fixed order
- 3
- tell
- 5
- west
- a rhyme
- False
- Aunty
- north
- more
- VGID
- green
- Every Cats Pink Cook
- the rainbow colours
- fight
- PBGS
- 690 879 7068
- Jolly Funny My All
- Goats
- 7
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