Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 112 · 40 questions

Memory tip (The right trick for the job): Acronym: VIBGYOR for the rainbow colours. First-letter sentence: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower. Rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”. Chunking: 9876543210 as 987 654 3210. Ask: is it a number, a list or one fact? Then choose chunking, an acronym or sentence, or a rhyme.

1. 1.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump Mice Aunty (b) Jump Funny Mice Aunty (c) Aunty Mice Funny Jump (d) Funny Mice Aunty Jump
4. 4.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.🔤 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
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, key, duck? (a) Kites Ink Dance (b) Dance Kites Ink (c) Ink Kites Dance (d) Kites Dance Ink
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 331943242140. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3319 4324 2104 (b) 3394 3242 140 (c) 3319 4324 2140 (d) 3319 4324 22140
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 631059941083. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6311 0599 41083 (b) 6310 5994 1083 (c) 6315 0994 1083 (d) 6105 9941 083
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, sock, owl, tomato, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOTFM (b) FTOSM (c) SMOTF (d) MSOTF
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, key, inkpot? (a) Kind Ice Green (b) Ice Kind Green (c) Green Kind Ice (d) Kind Green Ice
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, pillow, van? (a) Vines Pink Big (b) Big Pink Vines (c) Pink Vines Big (d) Pink Big Vines
16. 16.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, ant, monkey, ice cream, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFMIU (b) UIMAF (c) AMIUF (d) FAMIU
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 1075298499. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 105 729 8499 (b) 107 529 8499 (c) 107 529 899 (d) 107 752 98499
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, van, nest, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RVNA (b) VNAR (c) VRNA (d) ANVR
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 103962406659. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1096 2406 659 (b) 1003 9624 06659 (c) 1039 6420 6659 (d) 1039 6240 6659
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Fly Rani (b) Rani Sing Love Fly (c) Fly Love Sing Rani (d) Sing Rani Love Fly
23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 236535687171. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2365 3568 71771 (b) 2365 3586 7171 (c) 2653 5687 171 (d) 2365 3568 7171
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 5241144280. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 524 114 4280 (b) 524 114 42280 (c) 254 114 4280 (d) 524 114 428
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
29. 29.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, igloo, monkey? (a) Ink Bakes Mum (b) Mum Ink Bakes (c) Ink Mum Bakes (d) Bakes Ink Mum
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, glass, duck? (a) Dance Green Toys (b) Green Dance Toys (c) Green Toys Dance (d) Toys Green Dance
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 337893149. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 337 899 3149 (b) 337 893 19 (c) 338 793 149 (d) 337 893 149
37. 37.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 732707404. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 723 707 404 (b) 737 074 04 (c) 732 770 7404 (d) 732 707 404
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, fan, tomato? (a) Fly Jeeps Tea (b) Fly Tea Jeeps (c) Tea Fly Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly Tea

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