Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 319 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
2. 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 705810310. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 705 810 310 (b) 705 810 301 (c) 770 581 0310 (d) 708 103 10
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wet Nani (b) Wet Seven Every Nani (c) Every Nani Seven Wet (d) Nani Every Seven Wet
7. 7.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, ant, lamp? (a) Ants Vines Lazy (b) Vines Ants Lazy (c) Ants Lazy Vines (d) Lazy Ants Vines
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, parrot, tent, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTPK (b) PTVK (c) KPTV (d) PKTV
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 140152005. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 140 152 05 (b) 140 152 005 (c) 140 155 2005 (d) 140 512 005
11. 11.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 240583515. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 240 583 515 (b) 205 835 15 (c) 240 538 515 (d) 224 058 3515
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, ice cream, doll, ball, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDBRF (b) IFDBR (c) RBDIF (d) FIDBR
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, guava, jalebi? (a) Goats Cats Jump (b) Goats Jump Cats (c) Jump Goats Cats (d) Cats Goats Jump
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, nest, doll? (a) Nine Dance Owls (b) Dance Nine Owls (c) Owls Nine Dance (d) Nine Owls Dance
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
21. 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 400618524. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 400 618 254 (b) 400 061 8524 (c) 006 185 24 (d) 400 618 524
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, radio, fan, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFRB (b) RBFU (c) RFUB (d) BRFU
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, wallet, spoon, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WLSO (b) OSWL (c) LWSO (d) WSOL
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
29. 29.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink All Eight (b) Lazy Eight Pink All (c) Eight Lazy Pink All (d) All Pink Lazy Eight
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, spoon, igloo? (a) Silly Funny Ink (b) Funny Silly Ink (c) Silly Ink Funny (d) Ink Silly Funny
32. 32.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Aunty Every (b) Lazy Every Play Aunty (c) Every Lazy Play Aunty (d) Aunty Play Lazy Every
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
37. 37.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Cook Eat (c) Cook Eat Play Crazy (d) Cook Play Crazy Eat
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, bucket, urn? (a) Bakes Cats Uncle (b) Bakes Uncle Cats (c) Uncle Bakes Cats (d) Cats Bakes Uncle

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