Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 273 · 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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, anchor, vase? (a) Cats All Vines (b) All Vines Cats (c) All Cats Vines (d) Vines All Cats
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, key, apple? (a) Aunty Kind Dogs (b) Kind Dogs Aunty (c) Dogs Kind Aunty (d) Kind Aunty Dogs
3. 3.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 493231388669. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4923 1388 669 (b) 4932 3138 86669 (c) 4932 3138 8696 (d) 4932 3138 8669
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 5779903015. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 577 903 015 (b) 577 999 03015 (c) 577 990 3015 (d) 757 990 3015
6. 6.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
8. 8.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, jeep, coconut, spoon, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JCSVF (b) VSCJF (c) FJCSV (d) JFCSV
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 309806400274. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3098 0460 0274 (b) 3098 0640 0274 (c) 3098 6400 274 (d) 3098 0640 00274
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
14. 14.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, spoon, needle, rope, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRNSD (b) SDNRL (c) DSNRL (d) SNRLD
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 6446683325. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 644 663 8325 (b) 644 668 3325 (c) 644 466 83325 (d) 644 668 325
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, doll, inkpot? (a) Dance Ice Tea (b) Dance Tea Ice (c) Tea Dance Ice (d) Ice Dance Tea
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 9243266571. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 922 432 66571 (b) 924 326 651 (c) 924 236 6571 (d) 924 326 6571
24. 24.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, duck, umbrella? (a) Uncle Dogs Cook (b) Dogs Cook Uncle (c) Cook Dogs Uncle (d) Dogs Uncle Cook
26. 26.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 2554517639. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 255 451 739 (b) 254 551 7639 (c) 255 455 17639 (d) 255 451 7639
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 6100609863. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 610 060 9863 (b) 610 009 863 (c) 610 060 9683 (d) 610 006 09863
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
31. 31.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 351141950. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 351 141 50 (b) 351 149 150 (c) 351 141 9950 (d) 351 141 950
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, owl, apple? (a) Owls Aunty Up (b) Owls Up Aunty (c) Aunty Owls Up (d) Up Owls Aunty
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wise Neat (b) Eat Neat Sing Wise (c) Neat Eat Sing Wise (d) Wise Sing Eat Neat
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Pink Crazy (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eight (c) Crazy Pink Cook Eight (d) Eight Cook Pink Crazy
37. 37.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Cook Pigs (b) Eight Cook Pigs Cook (c) Cook Eight Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Cook Eight
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 148213889. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 184 213 889 (b) 148 218 89 (c) 114 821 3889 (d) 148 213 889

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