Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 149 · 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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 206325109704. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2063 2519 704 (b) 2063 2510 9704 (c) 2063 2501 9704 (d) 2063 2510 09704
4. 4.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 9088241174. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 908 824 11744 (b) 908 824 1174 (c) 908 842 1174 (d) 908 821 174
7. 7.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, lamp, net? (a) Lions Nine Ice (b) Lions Ice Nine (c) Nine Lions Ice (d) Ice Lions Nine
11. 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 357012723. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 357 127 23 (b) 350 712 723 (c) 357 012 723 (d) 355 701 2723
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 4764837161. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 476 483 7161 (b) 476 483 711 (c) 476 448 37161 (d) 746 483 7161
15. 15.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
17. 17.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 627750924. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 627 750 24 (b) 627 775 0924 (c) 672 750 924 (d) 627 750 924
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Red Love Frogs (b) Sing Love Frogs Red (c) Frogs Love Sing Red (d) Red Sing Love Frogs
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 146047851177. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1460 4758 1177 (b) 1460 4851 177 (c) 1460 4785 1177 (d) 1460 0478 51177
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 327230808. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 327 230 808 (b) 327 238 008 (c) 322 308 08 (d) 322 723 0808
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
26. 26.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, flute, mirror, radio, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFMRW (b) FMRWS (c) WRMFS (d) FSMRW
28. 28.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔤 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
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, drum, cat, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDCK (b) KCDI (c) DCKI (d) DICK
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Red Lazy Fly (b) Red Sing Lazy Fly (c) Fly Lazy Sing Red (d) Sing Lazy Fly Red
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, jug, lemon, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLJD (b) DJLF (c) JLFD (d) JDLF
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 807780707686. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8077 0870 7686 (b) 8778 0707 686 (c) 8077 8070 76686 (d) 8077 8070 7686
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 375367026261. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3753 6702 6261 (b) 3753 6702 66261 (c) 3573 6702 6261 (d) 3753 6706 261
40. 40.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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