Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 566 · 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: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
3. 3.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, needle, kite? (a) Nine Cats Kind (b) Kind Nine Cats (c) Nine Kind Cats (d) Cats Nine Kind
6. 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 2169948685. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 216 998 4685 (b) 216 994 8685 (c) 221 699 48685 (d) 216 948 685
8. 8.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, van, bucket? (a) Bakes Very Mum (b) Very Mum Bakes (c) Very Bakes Mum (d) Mum Very Bakes
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 631074738. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 630 174 738 (b) 631 074 7388 (c) 631 074 738 (d) 631 074 73
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 788128819. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 788 812 8819 (b) 788 128 819 (c) 788 128 891 (d) 881 288 19
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, parrot, goat? (a) Pink Grab Runs (b) Grab Pink Runs (c) Pink Runs Grab (d) Runs Pink Grab
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 5188142255. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 518 842 255 (b) 518 814 22255 (c) 518 841 2255 (d) 518 814 2255
18. 18.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lions Silly Rani (b) Silly Lions Funny Rani (c) Silly Rani Lions Funny (d) Rani Silly Lions Funny
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Pigs Cats (c) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat (d) Crazy Eat Pigs Cats
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔤 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
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Pink Cook (b) Crazy Pink Cook Every (c) Cook Pink Crazy Every (d) Every Crazy Pink Cook
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 135310918. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 135 310 981 (b) 135 310 98 (c) 113 531 0918 (d) 135 310 918
29. 29.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 625422790016. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6225 4227 90016 (b) 6254 2279 0016 (c) 6254 2290 016 (d) 6254 2279 0106
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Goats (b) Goats Wet Seven (c) Wet Goats Seven (d) Wet Seven Goats
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, violin, key? (a) Vines Kids Ink (b) Kids Vines Ink (c) Vines Ink Kids (d) Ink Vines Kids
34. 34.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1645316319. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 164 531 6319 (b) 164 351 6319 (c) 116 453 16319 (d) 645 316 319
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Sing (b) Wet Sing Goats (c) Sing Wet Goats (d) Wet Goats Sing
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Lazy Fly (b) Seven Lazy Fly Rani (c) Fly Lazy Seven Rani (d) Rani Seven Lazy Fly

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