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.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 720310454243. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7231 0454 243 (b) 7203 1045 54243 (c) 7203 1045 4243 (d) 2703 1045 4243
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Very Every ___ Jeeps Seven Up Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Nani (c) Only (d) Mice
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, drum, violin, anchor, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDVAS (b) DTVAS (c) DVAST (d) SAVDT
- 6.True or false: “train” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, banana, tent? (a) Bakes Mice Tea (b) Tea Bakes Mice (c) Mice Bakes Tea (d) Bakes Tea Mice
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, shoe, whistle, kettle, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SWKJU (b) USWKJ (c) SUWKJ (d) JKWSU
- 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 11.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) splitting into groups (c) reading very fast (d) writing it twice
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in any order (c) backwards (d) in ABC order
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 511622422. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 511 622 2422 (b) 511 622 242 (c) 511 622 422 (d) 511 622 42
- 14.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) brain (b) bite (c) tell (d) shake
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
- 17.True or false: “swing” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jeeps Mice All (b) All Mice Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Mice All Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly Mice All
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, sock, guava? (a) Silly Big Goats (b) Silly Goats Big (c) Big Silly Goats (d) Goats Silly Big
- 20.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 8391084291. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 891 084 291 (b) 839 180 4291 (c) 839 108 4291 (d) 839 108 44291
- 24.True or false: “white” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) APLE
- 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) shell (c) spell (d) brain
- 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, guava, candle, fan, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCFUI (b) UFCGI (c) IGCFU (d) GICFU
- 29.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 30.True or false: “run” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, anchor, bucket, radio, mirror is “Cats Ants ___ Runs My”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Fly (c) Ink (d) Cats
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, ladder, orange, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVOF (b) LOFV (c) VLOF (d) FOLV
- 33.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Silly Wins Nani (b) Nani Eight Silly Wins (c) Eight Nani Silly Wins (d) Wins Silly Eight Nani
- 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the months
- 36.🔤 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
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
- 39.True or false: “well” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
Answer key
- a rhyme
- chunking
- 7203 1045 4243
- Mice
- TDVAS
- True
- AANSAEA
- Mice Bakes Tea
- USWKJ
- an acronym
- splitting into groups
- in the same order
- 511 622 422
- 3
- tell
- a silly, funny one
- True
- Jeeps Fly Mice All
- Big Silly Goats
- True
- a list in a fixed order
- JFMA
- 839 108 4291
- True
- ELPA
- a first-letter sentence
- brain
- IGCFU
- one word holds a list
- False
- Bunny
- VLOF
- means something to you
- Nani Eight Silly Wins
- the rainbow colours
- MVEMJSUN
- a first-letter sentence
- ECPC
- False
- an acronym
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