Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 344 · 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: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (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 an acronym. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 216423706. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 126 423 706 (b) 216 423 706 (c) 164 237 06 (d) 216 422 3706
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 678282226. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 678 228 226 (b) 678 282 2226 (c) 678 282 226 (d) 678 822 26
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Silly Wins (b) Every Silly Wins Nine (c) Wins Silly Every Nine (d) Nine Every Silly Wins
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, umbrella, kite? (a) Kind Up Very (b) Very Up Kind (c) Up Very Kind (d) Up Kind Very
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 8111193827. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 811 119 38227 (b) 811 119 3827 (c) 811 119 3287 (d) 811 119 387
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, flute, ant, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FARO (b) RAFO (c) OFAR (d) FOAR
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wise Neat (b) Wise Sing Every Neat (c) Every Neat Sing Wise (d) Neat Every Sing Wise
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Love Sing Rani (b) Rani Sing Love Fly (c) Sing Love Fly Rani (d) Sing Rani Love Fly
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 8301262585. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 830 126 2585 (b) 830 126 22585 (c) 830 126 2558 (d) 830 126 285
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, bucket, key? (a) Kind Bunny Nine (b) Bunny Nine Kind (c) Bunny Kind Nine (d) Nine Bunny Kind
21. 21.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, umbrella, tiger? (a) Up Cats Tea (b) Up Tea Cats (c) Tea Up Cats (d) Cats Up Tea
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Crazy Play (b) Crazy Play Crazy Eat (c) Eat Crazy Play Crazy (d) Crazy Eat Play Crazy
25. 25.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 234232046. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 234 232 0466 (b) 243 232 046 (c) 232 320 46 (d) 234 232 046
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 518401871. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 518 401 87 (b) 514 801 871 (c) 518 840 1871 (d) 518 401 871
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cats Every (b) Cats Every Pigs Cook (c) Cats Pigs Cook Every (d) Every Cats Pigs Cook
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 233252662058. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2332 5262 058 (b) 2332 5266 2058 (c) 2332 5266 2085 (d) 2233 2526 62058
39. 39.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, inkpot, jeep, kite, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OIJKW (b) IJKWO (c) WKJIO (d) IOJKW

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