Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 275 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 1370375119. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 137 375 119 (b) 137 037 51199 (c) 137 035 7119 (d) 137 037 5119
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Silly Runs (b) Runs Silly Lazy Funny (c) Silly Lazy Funny Runs (d) Silly Runs Lazy Funny
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 786765662257. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7867 6566 22257 (b) 7867 6566 2257 (c) 7866 7566 2257 (d) 7676 5662 257
5. 5.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 921174106. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 921 174 1106 (b) 921 174 106 (c) 911 741 06 (d) 921 174 160
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 524683504. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 526 835 04 (b) 254 683 504 (c) 524 683 504 (d) 524 683 5044
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny Mice Aunty (b) Funny Mice Aunty Jolly (c) Funny Jolly Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Mice Funny Jolly
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 9185014620. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 915 014 620 (b) 918 501 4620 (c) 198 501 4620 (d) 911 850 14620
16. 16.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, rose, tomato, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RTNI (b) NTRI (c) RITN (d) IRTN
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, monkey, orange? (a) Owls Mice Wise (b) Mice Wise Owls (c) Wise Mice Owls (d) Mice Owls Wise
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, igloo, fan, violin, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AIFVB (b) IFVBA (c) BVFIA (d) IAFVB
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 476732583991. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4767 3258 3991 (b) 4767 3225 83991 (c) 4767 3283 991 (d) 4767 3258 9391
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Play Cook (b) Eight Cook Play Cook (c) Cook Play Cook Eight (d) Eight Cook Cook Play
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
28. 28.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 2949845322. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 294 894 5322 (b) 294 984 5322 (c) 294 498 45322 (d) 294 984 322
35. 35.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 546558115. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 546 558 151 (b) 546 558 1155 (c) 565 581 15 (d) 546 558 115
37. 37.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 319202520. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 319 025 20 (b) 312 902 520 (c) 319 202 520 (d) 311 920 2520
39. 39.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, tomato, inkpot? (a) Ink Toys Love (b) Toys Ink Love (c) Toys Love Ink (d) Love Toys Ink

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