Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 436 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 1054617265. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 105 467 1265 (b) 105 617 265 (c) 110 546 17265 (d) 105 461 7265
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, ball, umbrella, doll, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BUDAK (b) KBUDA (c) ADUBK (d) BKUDA
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, spoon, apple? (a) Sing Love Ants (b) Love Sing Ants (c) Ants Sing Love (d) Sing Ants Love
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 1813054366. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 113 054 366 (b) 181 305 4366 (c) 183 105 4366 (d) 118 130 54366
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Pink Ants (b) Lazy Pink Ants Every (c) Every Lazy Pink Ants (d) Ants Pink Lazy Every
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
8. 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 452348060899. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4523 4806 08999 (b) 4523 4806 0899 (c) 4523 4860 899 (d) 4532 4806 0899
11. 11.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 4945412530. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 494 514 2530 (b) 494 541 12530 (c) 494 541 2530 (d) 495 412 530
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 312753783011. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3125 7378 3011 (b) 3127 5378 3011 (c) 3127 3783 011 (d) 3122 7537 83011
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 456500621372. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4565 0062 13372 (b) 4565 0062 1372 (c) 4650 0621 372 (d) 5465 0062 1372
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
20. 20.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 814473578. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 814 735 78 (b) 814 473 578 (c) 814 473 5788 (d) 814 473 587
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 889042446201. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8890 4244 62011 (b) 8890 4244 201 (c) 8890 4244 6021 (d) 8890 4244 6201
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 445834175. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 448 534 175 (b) 445 834 175 (c) 458 341 75 (d) 445 834 4175
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, flute, lamp? (a) Frogs Owls Lions (b) Lions Frogs Owls (c) Frogs Lions Owls (d) Owls Frogs Lions
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, onion, shoe, apple, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ONSAD (b) DASON (c) NOSAD (d) OSADN
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 338986159671. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3389 8615 961 (b) 3389 8615 9671 (c) 3389 8615 96671 (d) 3398 8615 9671
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Silly Lions Fly (b) Silly Lions Fly Runs (c) Fly Lions Silly Runs (d) Silly Runs Lions Fly
29. 29.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
30. 30.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, drum, frog? (a) Dance Seven Funny (b) Dance Funny Seven (c) Funny Dance Seven (d) Seven Dance Funny
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 665690450. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 665 690 540 (b) 656 904 50 (c) 665 690 450 (d) 665 569 0450
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Crazy Eight (b) Eight Crazy Pink Crazy (c) Eight Crazy Crazy Pink (d) Crazy Eight Pink Crazy
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Seven Wise (b) Wise Seven Eat Nani (c) Eat Seven Wise Nani (d) Nani Eat Seven Wise
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Fly Jump (b) Jump Fly Mum Ants (c) Fly Jump Mum Ants (d) Fly Mum Ants Jump
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
40. 40.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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