Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 449 · 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 6219917152. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 621 997 1152 (b) 621 991 712 (c) 621 991 7152 (d) 662 199 17152
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, urn, duck, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUDT (b) UPDT (c) UDTP (d) TDUP
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 711910620383. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7119 1062 03833 (b) 7119 1062 0833 (c) 7119 1062 0383 (d) 7191 0620 383
5. 5.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, urn, tomato, igloo, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UTIND (b) DUTIN (c) NITUD (d) UDTIN
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 9690698306. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 960 969 8306 (b) 690 698 306 (c) 969 069 8306 (d) 996 906 98306
10. 10.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, ant, doll? (a) Lions Aunty Dad (b) Dad Aunty Lions (c) Aunty Lions Dad (d) Aunty Dad Lions
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, tomato, igloo? (a) Kites Tea Ink (b) Ink Tea Kites (c) Tea Ink Kites (d) Tea Kites Ink
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, lamp, pencil, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPLB (b) LPVB (c) LBPV (d) BLPV
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 1062598603. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 106 225 98603 (b) 106 259 6803 (c) 106 259 8603 (d) 106 259 860
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 120897449. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 089 7449 (b) 120 897 449 (c) 208 974 49 (d) 120 894 749
20. 20.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 900969354743. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9009 9635 4743 (b) 9009 6935 44743 (c) 0096 9354 743 (d) 9009 6935 4743
22. 22.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
24. 24.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum Ants Jump (b) Jump Frogs Mum Ants (c) Frogs Jump Mum Ants (d) Ants Mum Frogs Jump
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 367557132. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 367 557 132 (b) 367 571 32 (c) 367 551 732 (d) 367 555 7132
28. 28.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly Mum All (b) Jolly Frogs Mum All (c) All Mum Frogs Jolly (d) Frogs Mum All Jolly
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, apple, banana? (a) Ants Bakes Pigs (b) Ants Pigs Bakes (c) Bakes Ants Pigs (d) Pigs Ants Bakes
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 1251824498. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 215 182 4498 (b) 251 824 498 (c) 125 182 44498 (d) 125 182 4498
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, banana, mirror? (a) Bakes My Dad (b) Dad Bakes My (c) Bakes Dad My (d) My Bakes Dad
36. 36.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — 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) Crazy Pink Cook Eat (b) Eat Cook Pink Crazy (c) Cook Eat Pink Crazy (d) Cook Pink Crazy Eat
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, rope, tiger? (a) Red Toys Owls (b) Owls Red Toys (c) Toys Red Owls (d) Red Owls Toys
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 8225023009. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 822 520 3009 (b) 822 500 23009 (c) 822 502 3009 (d) 225 023 009
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP

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