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 the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Fly Runs (b) Silly Runs Love Fly (c) Fly Love Silly Runs (d) Runs Silly Love Fly
- 2.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 3.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pigs Cats (b) Cats Pigs Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Cats Pigs (d) Cats Eight Pigs Cats
- 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) bite (c) shake (d) make
- 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
- 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, apple, jug? (a) Big Ants Jolly (b) Ants Big Jolly (c) Jolly Ants Big (d) Ants Jolly Big
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) kite (b) main (c) lane (d) one
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, cat, anchor? (a) Aunty Crazy Runs (b) Crazy Aunty Runs (c) Runs Crazy Aunty (d) Crazy Runs Aunty
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) sock (b) one (c) bite (d) shell
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ice ___ Goats Yum Old Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Uncle (b) Bakes (c) Mice (d) Young
- 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) done (b) wing (c) lane (d) bite
- 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 18.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) Europe (d) North America
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 608787098899. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6087 8709 899 (b) 6088 7870 98899 (c) 6087 8709 8989 (d) 6087 8709 8899
- 20.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Sing Wise ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Neat (c) Eat (d) Fly
- 22.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
- 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) sell (b) smell (c) bun (d) fight
- 25.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) chain (b) bee (c) light (d) spring
- 28.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, candle, frog, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CAFN (b) NFCA (c) CFNA (d) ACFN
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cats Eight (b) Eight Cats Cats Pink (c) Cats Eight Pink Cats (d) Eight Cats Pink Cats
- 32.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) world (c) star (d) one
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, coconut, pencil? (a) Tiny Cats Play (b) Play Cats Tiny (c) Cats Tiny Play (d) Cats Play Tiny
- 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
- 35.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 674161364481. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6741 6136 4481 (b) 6471 6136 4481 (c) 6741 6113 64481 (d) 6741 1364 481
- 37.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
- 38.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 8544937039. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 854 493 0739 (b) 854 493 739 (c) 854 493 7039 (d) 854 449 37039
- 40.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
Answer key
- Runs Silly Love Fly
- 3
- evaporation
- Eight Cats Pigs Cats
- bite
- True
- True
- 8
- NESW
- a rhyme
- Big Ants Jolly
- one
- Runs Crazy Aunty
- sock
- Bakes
- done
- chunking
- Africa
- 6087 8709 8899
- a first-letter sentence
- Goats
- False
- what each letter means
- fight
- False
- a memory trick
- chain
- saffron
- ACFN
- MVEMJSUN
- Eight Cats Pink Cats
- one
- Tiny Cats Play
- an acronym
- the letters make no word
- 6741 6136 4481
- a first-letter sentence
- 2
- 854 493 7039
- egg
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