Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 37 · 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.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, bucket, owl? (a) Bakes Only Funny (b) Only Bakes Funny (c) Bakes Funny Only (d) Funny Bakes Only
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, rope, duck, tomato, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORDTA (b) ATDRO (c) RODTA (d) RDTAO
4. 4.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 263749263643. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2637 4926 36443 (b) 2637 9426 3643 (c) 2637 4926 3643 (d) 2634 9263 643
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 629398713. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 622 939 8713 (b) 629 397 13 (c) 629 397 813 (d) 629 398 713
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 2122700219. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 212 270 019 (b) 221 227 00219 (c) 212 720 0219 (d) 212 270 0219
13. 13.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eight Sing Wet (b) Eight Neat Sing Wet (c) Wet Sing Eight Neat (d) Eight Sing Wet Neat
15. 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, nest, jug? (a) Frogs Nani Jump (b) Nani Frogs Jump (c) Jump Nani Frogs (d) Nani Jump Frogs
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, tiger, umpire? (a) Up Toys Fly (b) Toys Fly Up (c) Fly Toys Up (d) Toys Up Fly
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, flute, mirror, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TMFD (b) FMTD (c) DFMT (d) FDMT
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, bucket, duck, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDRI (b) RDBI (c) IBDR (d) BIDR
23. 23.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, doll, monkey? (a) Dogs Mum Frogs (b) Frogs Dogs Mum (c) Dogs Frogs Mum (d) Mum Dogs Frogs
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, owl, jug? (a) Jump Only Love (b) Love Only Jump (c) Only Jump Love (d) Only Love Jump
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 416190127. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 416 101 27 (b) 416 190 217 (c) 416 619 0127 (d) 416 190 127
29. 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
30. 30.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, owl, flute? (a) Old Bakes Funny (b) Funny Old Bakes (c) Old Funny Bakes (d) Bakes Old Funny
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, wallet, banana? (a) Wins Lions Big (b) Big Wins Lions (c) Lions Wins Big (d) Wins Big Lions
33. 33.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 694060383025. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6940 6038 3025 (b) 6940 6038 325 (c) 6940 6038 0325 (d) 6940 6003 83025
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 4616843303. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 416 843 303 (b) 461 684 3303 (c) 461 684 3033 (d) 446 168 43303
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
40. 40.🧰 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

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