Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 307 · 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.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🔤 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
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 753273895. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 775 327 3895 (b) 753 273 985 (c) 752 738 95 (d) 753 273 895
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, needle, owl? (a) Neat Old Fly (b) Neat Fly Old (c) Old Neat Fly (d) Fly Neat Old
7. 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
8. 8.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, anchor, glass, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGAD (b) DAGF (c) ADGF (d) AGFD
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
13. 13.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, guava, ice cream? (a) Ice Green Jolly (b) Green Ice Jolly (c) Jolly Green Ice (d) Green Jolly Ice
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, glass, owl, monkey, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GPOML (b) PGOML (c) LMOGP (d) GOMLP
17. 17.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, tomato, coconut? (a) Aunty Tiny Cats (b) Cats Tiny Aunty (c) Tiny Cats Aunty (d) Tiny Aunty Cats
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 778429558. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 778 249 558 (b) 777 842 9558 (c) 778 429 58 (d) 778 429 558
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps My Ants (b) Ants My Funny Jeeps (c) Funny My Ants Jeeps (d) Jeeps Funny My Ants
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Play Aunty (b) Aunty Play Lions Eight (c) Lions Play Aunty Eight (d) Eight Lions Play Aunty
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 901151019870. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9011 5101 9870 (b) 9011 5110 9870 (c) 9011 5100 19870 (d) 9015 1019 870
25. 25.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 9207216873. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 920 721 6873 (b) 902 721 6873 (c) 920 721 68873 (d) 207 216 873
27. 27.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, onion, doll? (a) Inside Owls Dad (b) Dad Owls Inside (c) Owls Inside Dad (d) Owls Dad Inside
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 689105175. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 891 051 75 (b) 698 105 175 (c) 689 105 1755 (d) 689 105 175
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 866271744487. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8662 7174 44887 (b) 6862 7174 4487 (c) 8662 7174 4487 (d) 8662 7174 447
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, watch, spoon? (a) Silly Wins Old (b) Wins Old Silly (c) Old Wins Silly (d) Wins Silly Old
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly My All (b) Jolly Frogs My All (c) Frogs My All Jolly (d) All My Frogs Jolly
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, kite, ball? (a) Kids Bakes Dad (b) Dad Kids Bakes (c) Bakes Kids Dad (d) Kids Dad Bakes
35. 35.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Love Play Aunty (b) Aunty Play Love Eight (c) Love Eight Play Aunty (d) Love Play Aunty Eight
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 377516181268. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3775 1618 268 (b) 3771 5618 1268 (c) 3775 1618 12268 (d) 3775 1618 1268
38. 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 483257769281. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4833 2577 69281 (b) 4832 7576 9281 (c) 4832 5776 9281 (d) 4832 5776 281

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