Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 299 · 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 926760165527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9267 6016 5527 (b) 9276 6016 5527 (c) 9267 6015 527 (d) 9267 6016 55527
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 978853190361. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9788 5319 3061 (b) 9788 5319 0361 (c) 9785 3190 361 (d) 9788 5319 03661
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, jalebi, monkey? (a) Wise Jeeps My (b) Jeeps My Wise (c) My Jeeps Wise (d) Jeeps Wise My
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
6. 6.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 510783023. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 511 078 3023 (b) 510 783 023 (c) 501 783 023 (d) 510 730 23
11. 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 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) a rhyme (d) chunking
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 682263999191. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6822 6399 9191 (b) 6822 2639 99191 (c) 6822 6399 9119 (d) 8226 3999 191
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, onion, bucket, fan, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFBOS (b) OSBFU (c) OBFUS (d) SOBFU
16. 16.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, rope, whistle? (a) Red Love Wins (b) Wins Red Love (c) Red Wins Love (d) Love Red Wins
18. 18.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 293922310134. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2939 2231 0134 (b) 2939 2321 0134 (c) 2939 2231 014 (d) 2933 9223 10134
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 632922527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 632 922 527 (b) 632 922 572 (c) 632 922 57 (d) 663 292 2527
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 352503176. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 352 250 3176 (b) 352 503 176 (c) 352 031 76 (d) 532 503 176
22. 22.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 1850413349. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 185 041 3349 (b) 118 504 13349 (c) 185 041 3394 (d) 185 041 339
24. 24.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cook Eight (b) Cook Eight Play Cats (c) Eight Cook Play Cats (d) Cook Play Cats Eight
28. 28.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
30. 30.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
32. 32.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
34. 34.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔤 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
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 575909539. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 559 095 39 (b) 575 590 9539 (c) 575 909 539 (d) 575 905 939
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, candle, jeep, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJCO (b) CJKO (c) OCJK (d) COJK
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pigs Ants Eight (b) Ants Pigs Love Eight (c) Love Eight Pigs Ants (d) Eight Love Pigs Ants
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 246034001540. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2460 3001 540 (b) 2466 0340 01540 (c) 2460 3400 1540 (d) 2460 3400 5140

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