Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 349 · 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: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, ant, kite, pillow, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPKAU (b) AUKPO (c) UAKPO (d) AKPOU
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 520662405. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 520 624 05 (b) 520 662 4405 (c) 520 662 405 (d) 520 662 450
5. 5.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 4051424436. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 405 142 446 (b) 405 114 24436 (c) 045 142 4436 (d) 405 142 4436
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 4165417314. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 416 541 3714 (b) 416 541 17314 (c) 416 541 7314 (d) 465 417 314
11. 11.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
14. 14.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 420574270. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 420 574 270 (b) 420 547 270 (c) 420 542 70 (d) 420 574 2270
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, goat, urn, igloo, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUIFD (b) FIUGD (c) GDUIF (d) DGUIF
18. 18.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, nest, pillow? (a) Neat Pink Wins (b) Wins Neat Pink (c) Pink Neat Wins (d) Neat Wins Pink
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 2495382697. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 249 533 82697 (b) 249 538 2697 (c) 249 538 697 (d) 429 538 2697
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 2007289649. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 728 96449 (b) 200 728 9649 (c) 207 028 9649 (d) 200 729 649
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Love Fly (b) Seven Red Love Fly (c) Fly Love Seven Red (d) Seven Love Fly Red
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 6225326215. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 625 326 215 (b) 622 532 6215 (c) 622 532 2615 (d) 622 553 26215
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Fly Runs (b) Sing Runs Lions Fly (c) Fly Lions Sing Runs (d) Runs Sing Lions Fly
30. 30.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
31. 31.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, duck, ice cream? (a) Dogs Ink Only (b) Dogs Only Ink (c) Only Dogs Ink (d) Ink Dogs Only
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Lions Fly (b) Fly Lions Silly Runs (c) Runs Silly Lions Fly (d) Silly Lions Fly Runs
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Seven Wise Nine (b) Eat Nine Seven Wise (c) Nine Eat Seven Wise (d) Wise Seven Eat Nine
35. 35.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
36. 36.🔤 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
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 450511734333. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4505 1173 4333 (b) 4505 1173 44333 (c) 4055 1173 4333 (d) 4501 1734 333
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, ant, umpire, bucket, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFUBJ (b) AUBJF (c) FAUBJ (d) JBUAF
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pigs Aunty Every (b) Lazy Every Pigs Aunty (c) Every Lazy Pigs Aunty (d) Aunty Pigs Lazy Every
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme

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