Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 600 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink Aunty Every (b) Every Lazy Pink Aunty (c) Lazy Every Pink Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Lazy Every
2. 2.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
4. 4.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 155184037919. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1551 8403 7919 (b) 1551 8403 37919 (c) 1551 8403 719 (d) 1551 8407 3919
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 460047317. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 466 004 7317 (b) 400 473 17 (c) 460 047 317 (d) 406 047 317
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Sing Red (b) Sing Red Lazy Funny (c) Sing Lazy Funny Red (d) Red Sing Lazy Funny
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants My Frogs Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs My Ants (c) Frogs My Ants Jolly (d) Frogs Jolly My Ants
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, needle, pencil? (a) Nine Pigs Cats (b) Cats Nine Pigs (c) Nine Cats Pigs (d) Pigs Nine Cats
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 198846518151. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1988 6451 8151 (b) 1988 6518 151 (c) 1988 4651 8151 (d) 1988 4651 81551
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, jalebi, candle, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBCG (b) GCJB (c) BJCG (d) JCGB
18. 18.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 899721773293. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8997 1773 293 (b) 8997 2177 73293 (c) 8997 2717 3293 (d) 8997 2177 3293
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, urn, candle, igloo, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCIWO (b) UOCIW (c) OUCIW (d) WICUO
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
26. 26.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, kettle, apple, tomato, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) STAKP (b) PKATS (c) KPATS (d) KATSP
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 630329402. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 630 324 02 (b) 630 392 402 (c) 630 322 9402 (d) 630 329 402
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 712878299. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 712 878 29 (b) 712 878 299 (c) 711 287 8299 (d) 712 887 299
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 851635234895. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8516 5234 895 (b) 8516 3523 4895 (c) 8561 3523 4895 (d) 8516 3522 34895
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, lamp, tiger, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTLC (b) LCTK (c) LTKC (d) CLTK
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 694336686. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 649 336 686 (b) 694 336 86 (c) 699 433 6686 (d) 694 336 686
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, pencil, watch? (a) Owls Pink Wins (b) Wins Pink Owls (c) Pink Owls Wins (d) Pink Wins Owls
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 464309091368. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4643 0909 1368 (b) 4643 0901 368 (c) 4640 3909 1368 (d) 4643 0909 13668
39. 39.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, ladder, igloo? (a) Owls Lazy Inside (b) Inside Lazy Owls (c) Lazy Inside Owls (d) Lazy Owls Inside

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