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 life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink Ants Every (b) Lazy Every Pink Ants (c) Every Lazy Pink Ants (d) Ants Pink Lazy Every
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) spell (c) tell (d) main
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for key, ball, radio, violin, jeep is “Kids ___ Rani Vines Jump”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Big (c) Runs (d) Yaks
- 4.✏️ 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
- 5.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) never say it (c) say it aloud often (d) read it once silently
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Very Every Mice Jump Sing Up ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) All (c) Ice (d) Neat
- 7.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) clock (c) tree (d) sun
- 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) run (c) fun (d) bun
- 9.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) a rhyme about cats
- 10.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Every Nani (b) Nani Every Silly Wise (c) Every Nani Silly Wise (d) Every Silly Wise Nani
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (b) Cook Pigs Cats Eight (c) Eight Cook Pigs Cats (d) Cook Eight Pigs Cats
- 13.📅 The digits 05112013 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 051/120/13 (b) 05/1120/13 (c) 0511/20/13 (d) 05/11/2013
- 14.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, ladder, coconut, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVCS (b) VLCS (c) SCLV (d) LCSV
- 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) indigo (d) red
- 18.🎵 Which word does “thing” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) tree (d) cake
- 19.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) spell (b) lake (c) lock (d) won
- 20.🔢 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
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, ladder, glass? (a) Love Green Wins (b) Wins Love Green (c) Green Love Wins (d) Love Wins Green
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violin, goat, flute, ant is “___ Grab Frogs Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Vans (c) Rani (d) Dad
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, radio, wallet, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LWRP (b) RPWL (c) PRWL (d) RWLP
- 24.📅 The digits 01101999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/10/1999 (b) 0110/19/99 (c) 011/019/99 (d) 01/1019/99
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, wallet, bucket? (a) Wet Play Bunny (b) Wet Bunny Play (c) Bunny Wet Play (d) Play Wet Bunny
- 26.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) king (d) sun
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 1288190103. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 128 189 0103 (b) 128 819 0103 (c) 128 190 103 (d) 128 811 90103
- 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 29.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) won (c) snake (d) wake
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, bucket, drum, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDBW (b) WBDG (c) BDGW (d) BWDG
- 31.📅 The digits 27061958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2706/19/58 (b) 27/0619/58 (c) 270/619/58 (d) 27/06/1958
- 32.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
- 33.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) twice (c) again (d) more
- 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny My Aunty (b) Funny My Aunty Jolly (c) Aunty My Funny Jolly (d) Funny Jolly My Aunty
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 8421192861. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 842 119 2861 (b) 824 119 2861 (c) 842 119 28611 (d) 421 192 861
- 37.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pencil, goat, wallet, frog, radio is “___ Green Wet Frogs Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) Play (c) Green (d) Ink
- 39.📅 The digits 05061968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 050/619/68 (b) 05/06/1968 (c) 0506/19/68 (d) 05/0619/68
- 40.🎵 Which word does “done” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) rain (d) sun
Answer key
- Every Lazy Pink Ants
- main
- Big
- the letters make no word
- say it aloud often
- Neat
- clock
- lake
- initials match the list
- an acronym
- Nani Every Silly Wise
- Eight Cook Pigs Cats
- 05/11/2013
- False
- egg
- VLCS
- indigo
- king
- spell
- three chunks, not ten
- Wins Love Green
- Vans
- PRWL
- 01/10/1999
- Play Wet Bunny
- night
- 128 819 0103
- MVEMJSUN
- won
- WBDG
- 27/06/1958
- the rainbow colours
- more
- an acronym
- Jolly Funny My Aunty
- 842 119 2861
- chunking
- Play
- 05/06/1968
- sun
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