Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 230 · 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: duck, mango, watch, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MWCD (b) MDWC (c) CWMD (d) DMWC
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 3332270170. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 333 220 170 (b) 333 322 70170 (c) 333 227 0170 (d) 333 227 0107
10. 10.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, anchor, bucket? (a) All Lazy Big (b) Lazy All Big (c) Big All Lazy (d) All Big Lazy
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 355292022802. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3552 9202 2802 (b) 3555 2920 22802 (c) 3552 9022 802 (d) 3552 2902 2802
14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, kettle, nest? (a) Nani Kites Wise (b) Wise Kites Nani (c) Kites Wise Nani (d) Kites Nani Wise
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 6230509438. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 620 509 438 (b) 623 050 99438 (c) 623 050 4938 (d) 623 050 9438
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 294173334. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 294 173 3344 (b) 294 173 334 (c) 291 733 34 (d) 291 473 334
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 693748893. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 693 748 893 (b) 693 374 8893 (c) 639 748 893 (d) 937 488 93
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Play Cook (b) Crazy Play Cook Eight (c) Cook Play Crazy Eight (d) Eight Crazy Play Cook
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 4395174373. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 439 517 4373 (b) 439 511 74373 (c) 439 514 7373 (d) 439 574 373
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 211365236782. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2111 3652 36782 (b) 2136 5236 782 (c) 2113 6523 6782 (d) 2113 6253 6782
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 381018344. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 381 018 344 (b) 381 183 44 (c) 381 101 8344 (d) 381 108 344
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.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
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, cat, anchor, fan, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCAFM (b) MFACR (c) CRAFM (d) CAFMR
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 359097660. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 350 976 60 (b) 359 097 660 (c) 359 099 7660 (d) 395 097 660
28. 28.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Play Cats (b) Cats Play Cats Eat (c) Eat Cats Cats Play (d) Eat Cats Play Cats
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 385844595900. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3858 4459 5900 (b) 3588 4459 5900 (c) 3855 8445 95900 (d) 3858 4495 900
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, flute, vase? (a) Funny Vines Wet (b) Vines Funny Wet (c) Funny Wet Vines (d) Wet Funny Vines
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Eat Pigs Crazy (c) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eat (d) Eat Crazy Crazy Pigs
34. 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
36. 36.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
39. 39.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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