Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 33 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, frog, ladder, whistle, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFLWD (b) FLWDT (c) DWLFT (d) FTLWD
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, radio, jug, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORJT (b) ROJT (c) RJTO (d) TJRO
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, jug, inkpot? (a) Jump Vines Ice (b) Ice Jump Vines (c) Jump Ice Vines (d) Vines Jump Ice
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, bucket, owl? (a) Bakes Owls Fly (b) Fly Bakes Owls (c) Owls Bakes Fly (d) Bakes Fly Owls
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 124297342083. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1422 9734 2083 (b) 1242 2973 42083 (c) 1242 9734 2083 (d) 1242 9742 083
7. 7.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 718196325. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 718 196 325 (b) 718 196 6325 (c) 718 963 25 (d) 178 196 325
9. 9.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum Aunty Jolly (b) Aunty Mum Funny Jolly (c) Jolly Funny Mum Aunty (d) Funny Jolly Mum Aunty
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 655080887077. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6508 0887 077 (b) 5650 8088 7077 (c) 6550 8088 7077 (d) 6550 8008 87077
14. 14.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, whistle, ice cream? (a) Wise Crazy Ink (b) Wise Ink Crazy (c) Crazy Wise Ink (d) Ink Wise Crazy
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, ball, violin? (a) Wet Bunny Vines (b) Bunny Vines Wet (c) Bunny Wet Vines (d) Vines Bunny Wet
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
19. 19.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, tomato, sock? (a) Funny Toys Seven (b) Toys Seven Funny (c) Seven Toys Funny (d) Toys Funny Seven
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, banana, glass? (a) Big Ice Green (b) Green Big Ice (c) Ice Big Green (d) Big Green Ice
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cats Eight (b) Eight Crazy Pigs Cats (c) Cats Pigs Crazy Eight (d) Crazy Eight Pigs Cats
23. 23.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 644266089. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 644 266 6089 (b) 644 260 689 (c) 644 266 08 (d) 644 266 089
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 458607687279. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4568 0768 7279 (b) 5860 7687 279 (c) 4586 0776 87279 (d) 4586 0768 7279
29. 29.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum Aunty Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny Mum Aunty (c) Funny Jeeps Mum Aunty (d) Aunty Mum Funny Jeeps
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, ball, urn, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BUGC (b) CBUG (c) GUBC (d) BCUG
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 217032638584. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2117 0326 38584 (b) 2170 3263 8584 (c) 2107 3263 8584 (d) 2170 3268 584
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 931513377452. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9315 1337 7452 (b) 3915 1337 7452 (c) 9315 1133 77452 (d) 9315 1337 452
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Pink Cook (b) Crazy Pink Cook Every (c) Every Crazy Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Crazy Every
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 300025421815. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3000 2542 1815 (b) 3000 0254 21815 (c) 3000 2521 815 (d) 3000 5242 1815
37. 37.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, umpire, tent? (a) Ice Uncle Tiny (b) Tiny Uncle Ice (c) Uncle Ice Tiny (d) Uncle Tiny Ice
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, banana, apple, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UBAC (b) BUAC (c) BACU (d) CABU
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, jug, key? (a) Jump Owls Kind (b) Jump Kind Owls (c) Owls Jump Kind (d) Kind Jump Owls

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