Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 159 · 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: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 309727374. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 309 273 74 (b) 309 727 374 (c) 309 727 3744 (d) 309 723 774
3. 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Sing Wins Nani (b) Eight Nani Sing Wins (c) Wins Sing Eight Nani (d) Nani Eight Sing Wins
5. 5.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, spoon, wallet? (a) Wise Silly Green (b) Silly Green Wise (c) Silly Wise Green (d) Green Silly Wise
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, fan, lemon? (a) Lions Frogs Very (b) Frogs Lions Very (c) Frogs Very Lions (d) Very Frogs Lions
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 467804121. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 467 804 21 (b) 476 804 121 (c) 466 780 4121 (d) 467 804 121
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, tiger, duck, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDOG (b) TGDO (c) GTDO (d) ODTG
11. 11.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, onion, lemon? (a) Only Very Love (b) Only Love Very (c) Love Only Very (d) Very Only Love
14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, guava, vase? (a) Vines Grab Cats (b) Grab Cats Vines (c) Grab Vines Cats (d) Cats Grab Vines
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, kettle, fan, guava, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFGLT (b) LGFKT (c) TKFGL (d) KTFGL
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 103218062229. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1032 1062 229 (b) 1003 2180 62229 (c) 1032 1806 2229 (d) 1023 1806 2229
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, owl, guava? (a) Green Owls Big (b) Owls Green Big (c) Big Owls Green (d) Owls Big Green
22. 22.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
25. 25.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 835580252294. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8355 5802 52294 (b) 8355 0825 2294 (c) 8355 8025 2294 (d) 8558 0252 294
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, fan, net, urn, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUNFK (b) FNUDK (c) FKNUD (d) KFNUD
28. 28.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, kettle, tomato, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKTL (b) LTKI (c) KITL (d) KTLI
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
32. 32.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, lamp, umpire? (a) Jolly Lazy Uncle (b) Uncle Lazy Jolly (c) Lazy Uncle Jolly (d) Lazy Jolly Uncle
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, fan, urn, ice cream, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RIUFK (b) FUIRK (c) FKUIR (d) KFUIR
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 822827710652. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8228 7271 0652 (b) 8228 2771 0652 (c) 8222 8277 10652 (d) 8228 2771 065
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 561508408180. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5615 8040 8180 (b) 5615 0840 880 (c) 5615 0840 8180 (d) 5615 0844 08180

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