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 the same order (d) in ABC order
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Eight Neat (b) Eight Silly Wins Neat (c) Neat Eight Silly Wins (d) Eight Neat Silly Wins
- 3.🧰 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
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 531616838. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 531 616 88 (b) 531 616 838 (c) 351 616 838 (d) 531 661 6838
- 5.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 6.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 7.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Uranus
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, lemon, banana, jalebi is “Dogs Lazy ___ Jeeps”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kids (b) Bakes (c) Wet (d) Nine
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 992235218417. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9922 3521 8417 (b) 9922 3552 18417 (c) 9922 3521 847 (d) 9922 3512 8417
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
- 12.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
- 13.🔤 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
- 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “___ Love Play All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Ink (c) Under (d) Bakes
- 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knee (b) sea (c) tea (d) bun
- 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
- 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
- 19.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
- 21.✏️ 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
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 121131400. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 121 131 4000 (b) 121 131 400 (c) 211 314 00 (d) 121 131 040
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, bucket, onion, jalebi, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BIOJD (b) BOJDI (c) DJOBI (d) IBOJD
- 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, flute, candle? (a) Kids Funny Cook (b) Cook Funny Kids (c) Funny Cook Kids (d) Funny Kids Cook
- 26.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) has no pattern (c) is very long (d) means something to you
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, ant, drum? (a) Aunty Dogs Frogs (b) Dogs Aunty Frogs (c) Aunty Frogs Dogs (d) Frogs Aunty Dogs
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for banana, shoe, frog, igloo is “___ Sing Funny Inside”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Ants (c) Jeeps (d) Bakes
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, key, inkpot? (a) Kind Ink Wise (b) Ink Kind Wise (c) Wise Kind Ink (d) Kind Wise Ink
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, anchor, mango, nest, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMNPI (b) PNMAI (c) AIMNP (d) IAMNP
- 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 251418710186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2514 1871 0168 (b) 2514 1871 01866 (c) 2514 8710 186 (d) 2514 1871 0186
- 35.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pink Cook (b) Cats Pink Cook Every (c) Cats Every Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cats Every
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cook Eight (b) Cook Eight Pigs Crazy (c) Cook Pigs Crazy Eight (d) Eight Cook Pigs Crazy
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, candle, bucket? (a) Cook Bunny Dad (b) Bunny Cook Dad (c) Dad Cook Bunny (d) Cook Dad Bunny
- 39.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a rhyme about cats
- 40.📅 The digits 19031952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/0319/52 (b) 1903/19/52 (c) 19/03/1952 (d) 190/319/52
Answer key
- in the same order
- Neat Eight Silly Wins
- a rhyme
- 531 616 838
- 6
- one word holds a list
- False
- Saturn
- Bakes
- 9922 3521 8417
- RSLF
- a list in a fixed order
- AANSAEA
- Eat
- bun
- a first-letter sentence
- an acronym
- condensation
- True
- a memory trick
- the letters make no word
- 121 131 400
- IBOJD
- a rhyme
- Kids Funny Cook
- means something to you
- Frogs Aunty Dogs
- Bakes
- Wise Kind Ink
- IAMNP
- False
- False
- adult
- 2514 1871 0186
- splitting into groups
- Every Cats Pink Cook
- Eight Cook Pigs Crazy
- Dad Cook Bunny
- initials match the list
- 19/03/1952
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