Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 214 · 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.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, ant, key? (a) Ice All Kites (b) All Ice Kites (c) All Kites Ice (d) Kites All Ice
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, cat, banana? (a) Crazy Bunny Dance (b) Dance Crazy Bunny (c) Bunny Crazy Dance (d) Crazy Dance Bunny
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 204257905280. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2042 5779 05280 (b) 2425 7905 280 (c) 2042 5795 0280 (d) 2042 5790 5280
9. 9.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, kite, wallet, parrot, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KWPLM (b) MKWPL (c) KMWPL (d) LPWKM
11. 11.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, frog, banana? (a) Funny Silly Bunny (b) Bunny Funny Silly (c) Silly Funny Bunny (d) Funny Bunny Silly
14. 14.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
16. 16.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 186450732. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 186 450 372 (b) 186 450 72 (c) 186 450 732 (d) 186 450 7332
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
19. 19.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 114340945. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 111 434 0945 (b) 114 340 495 (c) 114 340 945 (d) 114 309 45
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, fan, mango? (a) Fly My Pigs (b) Fly Pigs My (c) My Fly Pigs (d) Pigs Fly My
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 609439443408. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6094 3443 408 (b) 0694 3944 3408 (c) 6094 3944 3408 (d) 6094 3944 34408
24. 24.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 1408356553. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 104 835 6553 (b) 140 835 6553 (c) 408 356 553 (d) 140 833 56553
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, drum, banana? (a) Dance Bunny Ants (b) Dance Ants Bunny (c) Ants Dance Bunny (d) Bunny Dance Ants
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, candle, nest, parrot, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPNCU (b) UCNPO (c) CNPOU (d) CUNPO
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 774086493. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 774 086 439 (b) 774 086 6493 (c) 774 086 43 (d) 774 086 493
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
32. 32.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wise Neat (b) Neat Every Silly Wise (c) Wise Silly Every Neat (d) Every Neat Silly Wise
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 3694088753. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 369 048 8753 (b) 369 408 87553 (c) 369 488 753 (d) 369 408 8753
36. 36.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 542252345. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 422 523 45 (b) 542 252 345 (c) 542 255 2345 (d) 542 252 435
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Seven Rani (b) Rani Seven Lions Fly (c) Seven Lions Fly Rani (d) Seven Rani Lions Fly
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, radio, duck, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDRF (b) RFDB (c) FRDB (d) RDBF

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