Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 277 · 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 the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Sing Wise Nine (b) Eight Nine Sing Wise (c) Nine Eight Sing Wise (d) Wise Sing Eight Nine
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play Ants Eight (b) Ants Play Love Eight (c) Love Eight Play Ants (d) Eight Love Play Ants
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 564102724. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 546 102 724 (b) 564 102 724 (c) 564 102 7224 (d) 564 102 72
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, net, guava? (a) Nani Kids Goats (b) Nani Goats Kids (c) Goats Nani Kids (d) Kids Nani Goats
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, apple, jalebi? (a) Ice Aunty Jeeps (b) Aunty Jeeps Ice (c) Jeeps Aunty Ice (d) Aunty Ice Jeeps
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, shoe, net, glass, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGNSU (b) SNGRU (c) SUNGR (d) USNGR
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, tomato, rose, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDRM (b) MRTD (c) TRMD (d) DTRM
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 205634358. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 205 634 35 (b) 205 634 358 (c) 205 634 385 (d) 205 634 3558
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 9899094519. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 989 909 45199 (b) 989 909 4519 (c) 989 909 519 (d) 899 909 4519
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
12. 12.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Frogs Jolly (b) Frogs My All Jolly (c) Frogs Jolly My All (d) Jolly Frogs My All
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump My Aunty (b) Frogs My Aunty Jump (c) Jump Frogs My Aunty (d) Aunty My Frogs Jump
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 588969095. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 588 896 9095 (b) 589 690 95 (c) 858 969 095 (d) 588 969 095
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, rose, candle, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCRN (b) RNCB (c) NRCB (d) RCBN
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, ball, whistle? (a) Bakes Wet Ants (b) Wet Bakes Ants (c) Bakes Ants Wet (d) Ants Bakes Wet
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
20. 20.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, rose, igloo? (a) Ice Runs Pink (b) Runs Pink Ice (c) Pink Runs Ice (d) Runs Ice Pink
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, bucket, apple? (a) Big Up Ants (b) Big Ants Up (c) Ants Big Up (d) Up Big Ants
24. 24.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mice Ants Jump (b) Ants Mice Funny Jump (c) Funny Jump Mice Ants (d) Jump Funny Mice Ants
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 157467245. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 157 472 45 (b) 517 467 245 (c) 157 467 2245 (d) 157 467 245
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 1723552327. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 172 355 3227 (b) 172 355 327 (c) 117 235 52327 (d) 172 355 2327
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Sing Lions Frogs (b) Sing Lions Frogs Red (c) Frogs Lions Sing Red (d) Sing Red Lions Frogs
31. 31.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, kettle, frog, tiger, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKFTL (b) LTFKB (c) KFTLB (d) KBFTL
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Pink Ants (b) Lions Pink Ants Every (c) Every Lions Pink Ants (d) Ants Pink Lions Every
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
35. 35.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) chunking
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, cat, spoon, umbrella, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTSUN (b) CSUNT (c) TCSUN (d) NUSCT
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 117235909326. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1127 3590 9326 (b) 1123 5909 326 (c) 1172 3590 9326 (d) 1177 2359 09326
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 7194206260. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 179 420 6260 (b) 719 420 6260 (c) 719 420 626 (d) 711 942 06260

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