Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 191 · 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: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, anchor, jeep? (a) Jeeps Ants Crazy (b) Ants Crazy Jeeps (c) Crazy Ants Jeeps (d) Ants Jeeps Crazy
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Play Love Eight (b) Love Play All Eight (c) Love Eight Play All (d) Eight Love Play All
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, wallet, apple? (a) Aunty Wet Funny (b) Wet Aunty Funny (c) Funny Wet Aunty (d) Wet Funny Aunty
8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, glass, frog, orange, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SGFOA (b) GFOAS (c) AOFGS (d) GSFOA
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 715879869. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 715 879 8869 (b) 715 879 869 (c) 715 878 969 (d) 158 798 69
14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
15. 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, net, sock, vase, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NDSVA (b) NSVAD (c) AVSND (d) DNSVA
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Red Love Fly (b) Fly Love Sing Red (c) Red Sing Love Fly (d) Sing Love Fly Red
20. 20.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, banana, lemon? (a) Lazy Big Nani (b) Big Nani Lazy (c) Nani Big Lazy (d) Big Lazy Nani
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
26. 26.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 718961432. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 711 896 1432 (b) 718 691 432 (c) 718 961 432 (d) 718 961 43
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 994210223. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 992 102 23 (b) 994 210 2233 (c) 994 201 223 (d) 994 210 223
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 222619726282. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2222 6197 26282 (b) 2226 1972 6282 (c) 2226 1792 6282 (d) 2261 9726 282
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lions Silly Red (b) Silly Lions Funny Red (c) Silly Red Lions Funny (d) Red Silly Lions Funny
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 2483177382. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 243 177 382 (b) 284 317 7382 (c) 248 317 7382 (d) 244 831 77382
34. 34.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 319296930. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 319 296 930 (b) 319 296 390 (c) 392 969 30 (d) 319 229 6930
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, parrot, inkpot, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCIS (b) CPIS (c) PISC (d) SIPC
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs Mum Ants (b) Frogs Mum Ants Jolly (c) Frogs Jolly Mum Ants (d) Ants Mum Frogs Jolly
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, tomato, parrot? (a) Jeeps Tea Pink (b) Tea Pink Jeeps (c) Tea Jeeps Pink (d) Pink Tea Jeeps
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, cat, bucket, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CKBA (b) ABCK (c) CBAK (d) KCBA
40. 40.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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