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.🔢 You want to remember the number 130390999018. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1303 9099 901 (b) 1303 9099 9018 (c) 1309 3099 9018 (d) 1330 3909 99018
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, igloo, key, monkey, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGKMO (b) IKMOG (c) OMKIG (d) GIKMO
- 3.🧰 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
- 4.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a rhyme about cats
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
- 6.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Neptune
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) block (b) fight (c) chain (d) sea
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, key, watch? (a) Lions Kind Wins (b) Wins Kind Lions (c) Kind Lions Wins (d) Kind Wins Lions
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Every Nani (b) Nani Every Sing Wise (c) Every Sing Wise Nani (d) Every Nani Sing Wise
- 11.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) night (b) rain (c) clock (d) bell
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, owl, inkpot, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WOIP (b) OIPW (c) PIOW (d) OWIP
- 13.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 14.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) there is no list
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 163381374. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 136 381 374 (b) 163 381 374 (c) 163 388 1374 (d) 163 381 74
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) free (b) tea (c) shake (d) bee
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 350475477. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 350 475 477 (b) 350 475 77 (c) 354 075 477 (d) 355 047 5477
- 18.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) bell (d) rain
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) make (b) light (c) kite (d) fight
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, flute, igloo, kite, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRIKV (b) VKIFR (c) FIKVR (d) RFIKV
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nine Seven Wet (b) Nine Eight Seven Wet (c) Eight Seven Wet Nine (d) Wet Seven Eight Nine
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, urn, rose, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UARC (b) AURC (c) URCA (d) CRUA
- 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
- 24.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
- 25.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for goat, ladder, shoe, whistle, tent is “Goats Lazy Silly Wise ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Up (c) Vines (d) Tea
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Aunty All Nine Sing ___ Eight Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Runs (c) Aunty (d) Bakes
- 28.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 29.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rock (b) sea (c) sock (d) block
- 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 768838455682. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7688 8345 5682 (b) 7688 3845 582 (c) 7668 8384 55682 (d) 7688 3845 5682
- 31.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) more (c) fast (d) again
- 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, wallet, lamp, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WLNV (b) WVLN (c) VWLN (d) NLWV
- 34.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) night (d) tree
- 35.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) orange (d) violet
- 36.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
- 37.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 39.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is a smaller number (d) it has fewer digits
- 40.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- 1303 9099 9018
- GIKMO
- a first-letter sentence
- initials match the list
- PAISA
- one word holds a list
- Jupiter
- sea
- Lions Kind Wins
- Nani Every Sing Wise
- bell
- WOIP
- False
- the letters make no word
- 163 381 374
- shake
- 350 475 477
- rain
- make
- RFIKV
- Nine Eight Seven Wet
- AURC
- ELPA
- splitting into groups
- precipitation
- Tea
- Aunty
- 5
- sea
- 7688 3845 5682
- more
- a first-letter sentence
- VWLN
- night
- orange
- 19 and 47
- what each letter means
- MVEMJSUN
- three chunks, not ten
- False
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