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.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, pillow, needle, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JPNR (b) PNRJ (c) PJNR (d) RNPJ
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eight (c) Eight Crazy Crazy Pigs (d) Crazy Eight Pigs Crazy
- 3.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) bell (d) cake
- 4.True or false: “knock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, ice cream, parrot? (a) Inside Pink Funny (b) Funny Inside Pink (c) Inside Funny Pink (d) Pink Inside Funny
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 817379382. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 817 379 328 (b) 817 379 382 (c) 817 737 9382 (d) 817 379 82
- 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) twice (c) fast (d) more
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, onion, frog? (a) Neat Owls Frogs (b) Frogs Owls Neat (c) Owls Neat Frogs (d) Owls Frogs Neat
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
- 10.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 5033660099. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 533 660 099 (b) 503 366 0099 (c) 503 366 0909 (d) 503 366 00099
- 12.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) sell (c) shell (d) sea
- 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) make (b) bake (c) rake (d) brain
- 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
- 17.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
- 18.True or false: “string” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pink All Every (b) All Pink Lions Every (c) Lions Every Pink All (d) Every Lions Pink All
- 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for guava, mirror, umpire, duck, frog is “Goats ___ Uncle Dogs Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) My (b) Yaks (c) Aunty (d) Cats
- 21.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, shoe, apple, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SAFN (b) NSAF (c) SNAF (d) FASN
- 23.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) rain (d) bell
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, parrot, mango, cat, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMCSB (b) SCMPB (c) BPMCS (d) PBMCS
- 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, lemon, umpire, fan is “___ Love Uncle Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Goats (c) Dogs (d) Aunty
- 26.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) ton (c) won (d) bun
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3475084694. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 375 084 694 (b) 347 500 84694 (c) 347 058 4694 (d) 347 508 4694
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) key (b) rake (c) lane (d) white
- 30.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) bell (c) rain (d) king
- 31.📅 The digits 02071987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 020/719/87 (b) 0207/19/87 (c) 02/0719/87 (d) 02/07/1987
- 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Seven Lazy Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Runs (b) Sing (c) Very (d) Kites
- 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vines Every My ___ Seven Up Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Wise (c) Sing (d) Jolly
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for sock, watch, cat, tomato, pencil is “Seven Wins ___ Tiny Pink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Cook (c) Funny (d) Love
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, flute, monkey? (a) Frogs Mice Ink (b) Frogs Ink Mice (c) Ink Frogs Mice (d) Mice Frogs Ink
- 38.True or false: “white” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) changes daily
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
Answer key
- JPNR
- Eight Crazy Pigs Crazy
- cake
- True
- Funny Inside Pink
- 817 379 382
- more
- Neat Owls Frogs
- ECPC
- False
- 503 366 0099
- an acronym
- sea
- a first-letter sentence
- brain
- PAISA
- the letters make no word
- True
- Every Lions Pink All
- My
- a list in a fixed order
- NSAF
- clock
- BPMCS
- Dogs
- west
- wing
- 347 508 4694
- rake
- king
- 02/07/1987
- adult
- Runs
- an acronym
- Jolly
- Cook
- Ink Frogs Mice
- False
- means something to you
- NESW
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