Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 229 · 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.🧰 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
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, vase, apple? (a) Very Cook All (b) Very All Cook (c) All Very Cook (d) Cook Very All
3. 3.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Lions Eat (b) Eat Lions Pink Ants (c) Lions Eat Pink Ants (d) Lions Pink Ants Eat
5. 5.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 2621465538. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 262 146 538 (b) 262 146 55388 (c) 262 164 5538 (d) 262 146 5538
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Funny Red (b) Red Sing Lions Funny (c) Sing Red Lions Funny (d) Funny Lions Sing Red
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
11. 11.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 6202384297. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 620 238 4297 (b) 620 284 297 (c) 260 238 4297 (d) 620 238 42297
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, whistle, ice cream? (a) Wins Dogs Ink (b) Ink Wins Dogs (c) Wins Ink Dogs (d) Dogs Wins Ink
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, pencil, orange, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AOPS (b) SPOA (c) POAS (d) PSOA
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 824247113. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 284 247 113 (b) 822 471 13 (c) 824 247 1133 (d) 824 247 113
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 7682128100. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 768 212 81000 (b) 786 212 8100 (c) 768 212 8100 (d) 768 212 100
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 7957283501. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 795 278 3501 (b) 795 728 350 (c) 795 572 83501 (d) 795 728 3501
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, needle, banana? (a) Dance Neat Bunny (b) Bunny Neat Dance (c) Neat Bunny Dance (d) Neat Dance Bunny
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, shoe, ice cream? (a) Inside Sing Tiny (b) Sing Tiny Inside (c) Tiny Sing Inside (d) Sing Inside Tiny
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, candle, inkpot, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCIW (b) CIWR (c) CRIW (d) WICR
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 225983762761. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2258 9376 2761 (b) 2259 8376 2761 (c) 2259 8377 62761 (d) 2298 3762 761
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 811299092115. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8112 9909 1215 (b) 1129 9092 115 (c) 8112 9990 92115 (d) 8112 9909 2115
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, pillow, owl? (a) Play Owls Mum (b) Owls Play Mum (c) Mum Play Owls (d) Play Mum Owls
25. 25.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 775620740. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 775 260 740 (b) 775 620 740 (c) 775 662 0740 (d) 756 207 40
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Love Pink Ants (b) Ants Pink Love Eat (c) Love Eat Pink Ants (d) Love Pink Ants Eat
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
29. 29.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, goat, rope, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GARF (b) GRFA (c) AGRF (d) FRGA
31. 31.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, banana, lamp? (a) Love Bakes Nine (b) Bakes Nine Love (c) Bakes Love Nine (d) Nine Bakes Love
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 430382683. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 430 328 683 (b) 430 382 683 (c) 430 338 2683 (d) 403 826 83
34. 34.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Silly Wet (b) Wet Silly Every Nani (c) Every Silly Wet Nani (d) Nani Every Silly Wet
36. 36.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Every Nani (b) Every Seven Wet Nani (c) Every Nani Seven Wet (d) Nani Every Seven Wet
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Seven Wise Neat (b) Neat Eat Seven Wise (c) Wise Seven Eat Neat (d) Eat Neat Seven Wise
39. 39.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, key, igloo? (a) Kids Frogs Ice (b) Frogs Kids Ice (c) Kids Ice Frogs (d) Ice Kids Frogs

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