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 for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eight Crazy ___ Crazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wet (b) Ink (c) Play (d) Silly
- 2.📅 The digits 05021991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 050/219/91 (b) 05/02/1991 (c) 05/0219/91 (d) 0502/19/91
- 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 548731610033. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5873 1610 033 (b) 5487 3166 10033 (c) 5487 1361 0033 (d) 5487 3161 0033
- 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) main (c) chain (d) swing
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
- 7.🔢 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
- 8.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, pencil, apple, banana, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVABT (b) VPABT (c) PABTV (d) TBAPV
- 11.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, lemon, pencil, frog is “___ Lazy Pink Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Owls (b) Eight (c) All (d) Dogs
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for candle, lemon, umpire, owl, rope is “Cats ___ Up Old Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Sing (b) Bunny (c) Lazy (d) Every
- 14.🎵 Which word does “well” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) bell (d) rain
- 15.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 16.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
- 18.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, bucket, frog? (a) Bunny Wise Fly (b) Wise Bunny Fly (c) Fly Bunny Wise (d) Bunny Fly Wise
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 803950811. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 803 950 181 (b) 839 508 11 (c) 803 950 811 (d) 803 950 8111
- 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
- 22.📅 The digits 23052021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 230/520/21 (b) 2305/20/21 (c) 23/05/2021 (d) 23/0520/21
- 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 8114965075. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 881 149 65075 (b) 811 496 5075 (c) 811 946 5075 (d) 811 496 575
- 25.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
- 26.🎵 Which word does “snake” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) cake (d) clock
- 27.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 28.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eight Lazy Pink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Wise (c) Dogs (d) Ants
- 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “___ Ants Nine Seven All Every Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) All (c) Tiny (d) Neat
- 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cook Eight (b) Cook Play Cats Eight (c) Cats Eight Play Cook (d) Eight Cats Play Cook
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 9066483964. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 906 468 3964 (b) 906 683 964 (c) 906 648 3964 (d) 906 648 39664
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fun (b) bite (c) bun (d) ton
- 36.📅 The digits 01092005 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 010/920/05 (b) 0109/20/05 (c) 01/0920/05 (d) 01/09/2005
- 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, umbrella, goat, cat, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCGUD (b) UGCKD (c) DUGCK (d) UDGCK
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, frog, ant, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JAFV (b) VFAJ (c) FAJV (d) FVAJ
- 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) blue (d) orange
Answer key
- Play
- 05/02/1991
- what each letter means
- 5487 3161 0033
- swing
- a silly, funny one
- 19 and 47
- first letters as a word
- RSLF
- VPABT
- False
- Dogs
- Lazy
- bell
- initials match the list
- True
- NESW
- west
- Wise Bunny Fly
- 803 950 811
- one word holds a list
- 23/05/2021
- a first-letter sentence
- 811 496 5075
- the rainbow colours
- cake
- 5
- a first-letter sentence
- Ants
- root
- All
- JFMA
- Eight Cats Play Cook
- 906 648 3964
- bite
- 01/09/2005
- egg
- DUGCK
- VFAJ
- orange
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