Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 224 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, needle, doll, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNDA (b) NBDA (c) ADNB (d) NDAB
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, candle, igloo? (a) Crazy Inside Funny (b) Funny Crazy Inside (c) Crazy Funny Inside (d) Inside Crazy Funny
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, drum, ice cream, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDIS (b) DGIS (c) SIDG (d) DISG
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, pillow, duck, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PODV (b) PDVO (c) OPDV (d) VDPO
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
9. 9.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, anchor, doll? (a) Ants Dance My (b) Dance Ants My (c) Ants My Dance (d) My Ants Dance
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Cats Pigs (b) Cats Pigs Cats Eat (c) Eat Cats Pigs Cats (d) Cats Eat Pigs Cats
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 993776227. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 939 776 227 (b) 993 776 6227 (c) 993 776 227 (d) 997 762 27
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, kite, orange, anchor, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTOAC (b) CAOKT (c) TKOAC (d) KOACT
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, rose, cat? (a) Crazy Red Dogs (b) Red Dogs Crazy (c) Dogs Red Crazy (d) Red Crazy Dogs
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 247302734. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 247 330 2734 (b) 473 027 34 (c) 247 302 734 (d) 247 032 734
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, violin, radio, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVRI (b) VRIG (c) IRVG (d) VGRI
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, kite, monkey? (a) My Kids Play (b) Kids Play My (c) Play Kids My (d) Kids My Play
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
23. 23.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, flute, igloo? (a) Ice Frogs Toys (b) Frogs Ice Toys (c) Frogs Toys Ice (d) Toys Frogs Ice
25. 25.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, lamp, watch? (a) Lions Wins Big (b) Lions Big Wins (c) Big Lions Wins (d) Wins Lions Big
29. 29.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, onion, doll, vase, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODVSI (b) IODVS (c) OIDVS (d) SVDOI
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, kite, net, umbrella, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUNKS (b) SKNUT (c) KNUTS (d) KSNUT
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 519204991331. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5192 0499 1331 (b) 5190 4991 331 (c) 5192 0949 1331 (d) 5199 2049 91331
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, duck, lemon? (a) Dogs Lions Goats (b) Lions Dogs Goats (c) Dogs Goats Lions (d) Goats Dogs Lions
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, apple, shoe, ball, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADSBT (b) TBSAD (c) ASBTD (d) DASBT
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 542252921751. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5422 5299 21751 (b) 5422 5922 1751 (c) 5422 5292 1751 (d) 5422 5291 751
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 456615218. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 546 615 218 (b) 456 615 218 (c) 566 152 18 (d) 456 615 2188
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 195257671475. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1952 5767 147 (b) 1995 2576 71475 (c) 1952 5767 1475 (d) 1952 5767 1745
40. 40.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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