Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 312 · 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.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Cook Pink (b) Every Cook Pink Cook (c) Cook Every Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cook Every
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Sing Wise (b) Nani Every Sing Wise (c) Wise Sing Every Nani (d) Every Sing Wise Nani
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, flute, drum, tomato, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFDTU (b) FDTUL (c) UTDFL (d) FLDTU
5. 5.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 366918783. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 366 918 783 (b) 366 991 8783 (c) 366 918 73 (d) 369 618 783
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 301263009. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 310 263 009 (b) 301 263 0099 (c) 301 263 09 (d) 301 263 009
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 779290552. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 792 905 52 (b) 772 990 552 (c) 779 290 552 (d) 779 929 0552
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
10. 10.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, jug, kettle? (a) Jeeps Kites Silly (b) Kites Jeeps Silly (c) Silly Jeeps Kites (d) Jeeps Silly Kites
13. 13.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 6965807613. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 696 580 07613 (b) 696 580 713 (c) 695 680 7613 (d) 696 580 7613
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, watch, candle? (a) Nine Wins Cats (b) Cats Wins Nine (c) Wins Nine Cats (d) Wins Cats Nine
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mice Fly Jolly (b) Fly Mice Ants Jolly (c) Fly Jolly Mice Ants (d) Jolly Fly Mice Ants
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, pencil, mango, duck, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDMPU (b) UPMDB (c) PUMDB (d) PMDBU
20. 20.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
21. 21.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, glass, needle, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGND (b) GNDJ (c) DNGJ (d) GJND
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
24. 24.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 242895277789. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2428 9527 77789 (b) 2428 9527 7789 (c) 2248 9527 7789 (d) 4289 5277 789
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wins Neat (b) Every Neat Seven Wins (c) Wins Seven Every Neat (d) Neat Every Seven Wins
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, nest, mango, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NMGC (b) GMNC (c) CNMG (d) NCMG
28. 28.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 274554128602. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7245 5412 8602 (b) 2745 5412 8602 (c) 2745 4128 602 (d) 2745 5412 86002
30. 30.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 652041412376. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6520 4141 2376 (b) 6204 1412 376 (c) 6520 4141 22376 (d) 6502 4141 2376
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, igloo, duck, parrot, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICDPR (b) RPDIC (c) CIDPR (d) IDPRC
40. 40.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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