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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 401960523413. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4019 6052 341 (b) 4019 6052 3413 (c) 4019 6605 23413 (d) 4019 6502 3413
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kettle, rose, ball, glass is “Kids ___ Bunny Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Young (b) Red (c) Pigs (d) My
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, vase, watch, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWVS (b) VSWC (c) SVWC (d) VWCS
- 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) ended (c) learnt (d) done
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 377422725583. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3774 2272 558 (b) 3772 4272 5583 (c) 3777 4227 25583 (d) 3774 2272 5583
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, net, igloo, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FINJ (b) NIFJ (c) NJIF (d) JNIF
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
- 10.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) nothing at all (c) only numbers (d) only pictures
- 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, jug, onion, radio, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BROJI (b) IJORB (c) JIORB (d) JORBI
- 13.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Love Every (b) Every Love Pink Aunty (c) Love Every Pink Aunty (d) Love Pink Aunty Every
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Pigs Ants (b) Eight Lions Pigs Ants (c) Lions Pigs Ants Eight (d) Ants Pigs Lions Eight
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, flute, needle, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FNVU (b) FUNV (c) VNFU (d) UFNV
- 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, kettle, banana, duck, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MKBDS (b) SDBKM (c) KMBDS (d) KBDSM
- 19.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) cake (d) night
- 20.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 559616320185. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5569 1632 0185 (b) 5559 6163 20185 (c) 5596 1632 0185 (d) 5561 6320 185
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Play Cats (c) Crazy Eat Play Cats (d) Crazy Play Cats Eat
- 23.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
- 24.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) king (d) night
- 25.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
- 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) songs (c) steps (d) tricks
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Seven Love Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Neat (b) Runs (c) Up (d) Kids
- 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
- 29.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, inkpot, van, candle, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITVCG (b) GCVIT (c) IVCGT (d) TIVCG
- 31.🔤 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
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly ___ Mum Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Love (b) Very (c) Fly (d) Mice
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) lock (b) tell (c) train (d) spring
- 34.📅 The digits 25011952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/0119/52 (b) 250/119/52 (c) 2501/19/52 (d) 25/01/1952
- 35.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) say (c) know (d) write
- 36.📅 The digits 27121960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/1219/60 (b) 2712/19/60 (c) 271/219/60 (d) 27/12/1960
- 37.True or false: “knock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, umbrella, lemon? (a) Lions Under Aunty (b) Aunty Under Lions (c) Under Lions Aunty (d) Under Aunty Lions
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 7972398755. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 779 723 98755 (b) 797 239 8755 (c) 797 238 9755 (d) 797 239 875
Answer key
- one word holds a list
- in the same order
- 4019 6052 3413
- Red
- SVWC
- done
- 3774 2272 5583
- JNIF
- ELPA
- numbers and letter lists
- the rainbow colours
- IJORB
- 5
- Every Love Pink Aunty
- a silly, funny one
- Eight Lions Pigs Ants
- UFNV
- MKBDS
- cake
- True
- 5596 1632 0185
- Eat Crazy Play Cats
- initials match the list
- rain
- Neptune
- tricks
- Runs
- ECPC
- a first-letter sentence
- TIVCG
- MVEMJSUN
- Fly
- spring
- 25/01/1952
- know
- 27/12/1960
- True
- NESW
- Aunty Under Lions
- 797 239 8755
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