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: monkey, kettle, rope, violin, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVRKM (b) KRVPM (c) MKRVP (d) KMRVP
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, spoon, onion, mirror, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSOMB (b) SDOMB (c) SOMBD (d) BMOSD
- 3.📅 The digits 09012005 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0901/20/05 (b) 09/01/2005 (c) 09/0120/05 (d) 090/120/05
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, net, kite? (a) Neat Kind Big (b) Kind Neat Big (c) Big Neat Kind (d) Neat Big Kind
- 5.📅 The digits 18051997 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/05/1997 (b) 180/519/97 (c) 18/0519/97 (d) 1805/19/97
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
- 7.🔤 “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
- 8.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 19 and 47
- 9.🧰 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
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, spoon, onion, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASOC (b) SOCA (c) COSA (d) SAOC
- 11.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) done (b) learnt (c) over (d) ended
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, banana, lemon? (a) Tea Big Love (b) Love Big Tea (c) Big Love Tea (d) Big Tea Love
- 13.🎵 Which word does “string” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) rain (d) sun
- 14.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pencil, sock, net, ant, banana is “Play Silly Nine All ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Jeeps (c) Big (d) Runs
- 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
- 17.📅 The digits 18112024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1811/20/24 (b) 18/1120/24 (c) 181/120/24 (d) 18/11/2024
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
- 19.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) lane (b) done (c) rock (d) knee
- 20.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Earth
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) knee (b) well (c) snake (d) bright
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, wallet, goat, jalebi, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJGWS (b) SWGJK (c) WGJKS (d) WSGJK
- 23.True or false: “brain” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, kite, anchor, lamp is “Big ___ Ants Lions”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Kind (c) Jolly (d) Wet
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cook Eight (b) Cook Eight Pink Cook (c) Eight Cook Pink Cook (d) Eight Cook Cook Pink
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, rope, bucket? (a) Red Wins Big (b) Red Big Wins (c) Big Red Wins (d) Wins Red Big
- 27.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) indigo (d) green
- 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) read it once silently (c) change it each day (d) say it aloud often
- 32.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 4033149970. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 403 314 9970 (b) 403 314 970 (c) 403 134 9970 (d) 400 331 49970
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 723953549. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 723 955 349 (b) 723 953 549 (c) 723 995 3549 (d) 723 955 49
- 35.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) king (d) sun
- 36.📅 The digits 10011956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/01/1956 (b) 1001/19/56 (c) 100/119/56 (d) 10/0119/56
- 37.True or false: “one” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
- 39.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) swing (b) bright (c) wing (d) ring
Answer key
- MKRVP
- DSOMB
- 09/01/2005
- Big Neat Kind
- 18/05/1997
- in the same order
- egg
- 19 and 47
- a rhyme
- ASOC
- done
- Tea Big Love
- king
- 4
- Big
- RSLF
- 18/11/2024
- JFMA
- lane
- Earth
- knee
- SWGJK
- True
- Kind
- Eight Cook Pink Cook
- Wins Red Big
- indigo
- chunking
- True
- True
- say it aloud often
- True
- 403 314 9970
- 723 953 549
- bell
- 10/01/1956
- True
- ECPC
- initials match the list
- bright
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