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: guava, inkpot, umpire, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OUIG (b) IUOG (c) IGUO (d) GIUO
- 2.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
- 4.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the letters make no word (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Seven Love Frogs (b) Seven Runs Love Frogs (c) Frogs Love Seven Runs (d) Seven Love Frogs Runs
- 7.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) shock (c) lake (d) snake
- 8.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, duck, urn, mirror, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUMPN (b) DNUMP (c) PMUDN (d) NDUMP
- 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Europe
- 14.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
- 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, watch, owl, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MOWD (b) DWOM (c) WDOM (d) WOMD
- 17.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) king (d) bell
- 19.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, glass, drum, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKDA (b) GDAK (c) ADGK (d) KGDA
- 21.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
- 22.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, fan, tomato? (a) Fly Toys Owls (b) Toys Fly Owls (c) Fly Owls Toys (d) Owls Fly Toys
- 24.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) king (d) bell
- 25.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 26.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 27.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 941412417. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 941 411 2417 (b) 941 412 417 (c) 941 412 147 (d) 914 124 17
- 29.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they need no practice (c) they are longer (d) sound patterns stick
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, goat, inkpot, sock, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASIGP (b) PGISA (c) GISAP (d) GPISA
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani Every Sing ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) Nani (c) Tiny (d) Wins
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 859332867. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 589 332 867 (b) 859 332 867 (c) 893 328 67 (d) 859 933 2867
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 38.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) sun (d) clock
- 39.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
Answer key
- GIUO
- 3
- in the same order
- the letters make no word
- VIBGYOR
- Runs Seven Love Frogs
- shock
- False
- condensation
- RSLF
- NDUMP
- the rainbow colours
- Europe
- initials match the list
- first letters as a word
- DWOM
- True
- cake
- 9
- KGDA
- what each letter means
- 5
- Owls Fly Toys
- tree
- a rhyme
- a list in a fixed order
- larva
- 941 412 417
- sound patterns stick
- PGISA
- a silly, funny one
- Wins
- a first-letter sentence
- 859 332 867
- ELPA
- MVEMJSUN
- chunking
- night
- False
- JFMA
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