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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Fly Red (b) Red Sing Love Fly (c) Sing Red Love Fly (d) Fly Love Sing Red
- 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, watch, jeep, sock, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) USJWM (b) WMJSU (c) WJSUM (d) MWJSU
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
- 5.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for key, rope, onion, van is “___ Rani Owls Vans”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Only (c) Wise (d) Kites
- 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
- 8.📅 The digits 20022012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 200/220/12 (b) 2002/20/12 (c) 20/0220/12 (d) 20/02/2012
- 9.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
- 10.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) green (d) red
- 12.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is printed bigger (d) it is a smaller number
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Wise Seven Grab
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 502151981451. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5021 5198 1415 (b) 5021 5198 1451 (c) 5021 5981 451 (d) 5021 5198 14451
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) shake (b) plane (c) spell (d) lock
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, doll, apple, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAVU (b) DUAV (c) UDAV (d) VADU
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 9504218777. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 955 042 18777 (b) 950 421 8777 (c) 950 421 7877 (d) 950 218 777
- 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) one (c) world (d) star
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, fan, van? (a) Very Funny Uncle (b) Funny Very Uncle (c) Uncle Funny Very (d) Funny Uncle Very
- 20.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 21.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
- 22.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) sound patterns stick (b) they are longer (c) they are always true (d) they need no practice
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, igloo, coconut, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICDA (b) IACD (c) AICD (d) DCIA
- 24.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 25.📅 The digits 17032010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 17/0320/10 (b) 17/03/2010 (c) 1703/20/10 (d) 170/320/10
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 921209497702. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9221 0949 7702 (b) 9212 0949 77002 (c) 9212 0949 7702 (d) 9212 0949 770
- 27.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 28.🎵 Which word does “knee” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) tree (d) bell
- 29.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
- 30.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 19 and 47
- 32.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) done (c) over (d) ended
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 882020087. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 882 020 0887 (b) 820 200 87 (c) 880 220 087 (d) 882 020 087
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 9131497155. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 911 349 7155 (b) 991 314 97155 (c) 913 149 7155 (d) 913 197 155
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eat ___ Pink All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) Very (c) Lazy (d) Dogs
- 36.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 692182720. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 699 218 2720 (b) 692 187 20 (c) 692 182 270 (d) 692 182 720
- 38.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 39.True or false: “bee” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) tea (b) smell (c) make (d) wing
Answer key
- in the same order
- Red Sing Love Fly
- MWJSU
- ECPC
- what each letter means
- Kites
- a list in a fixed order
- 20/02/2012
- larva
- False
- indigo
- three chunks, not ten
- Seven Wise Grab
- 5021 5198 1451
- spell
- UDAV
- 950 421 8777
- one
- Uncle Funny Very
- the letters make no word
- Indian
- sound patterns stick
- AICD
- True
- 17/03/2010
- 9212 0949 7702
- 4
- tree
- first letters as a word
- False
- 19 and 47
- done
- 882 020 087
- 913 149 7155
- Lazy
- means something to you
- 692 182 720
- 4
- True
- smell
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