Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 604 · 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 280455989. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 280 455 998 (b) 280 455 989 (c) 280 455 9989 (d) 804 559 89
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 923871711. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 992 387 1711 (b) 293 871 711 (c) 923 871 711 (d) 923 877 11
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, pillow, shoe? (a) Red Play Silly (b) Play Red Silly (c) Silly Play Red (d) Play Silly Red
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, tomato, shoe, orange, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TNSOW (b) NTSOW (c) WOSTN (d) TSOWN
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, vase, glass, cat, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCGVA (b) VGCOA (c) AVGCO (d) VAGCO
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, tiger, jug? (a) Toys Jolly Up (b) Toys Up Jolly (c) Up Toys Jolly (d) Jolly Toys Up
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 783811060. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 783 181 060 (b) 783 811 060 (c) 838 110 60 (d) 783 881 1060
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 418093745. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 481 093 745 (b) 418 937 45 (c) 418 093 745 (d) 418 809 3745
14. 14.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 191324839142. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1913 2843 9142 (b) 1913 2483 9142 (c) 1913 2483 942 (d) 1191 3248 39142
16. 16.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
18. 18.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 815319728. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 815 319 782 (b) 815 319 7228 (c) 813 197 28 (d) 815 319 728
20. 20.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, goat, urn, ball, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBUGJ (b) GUBKJ (c) GJUBK (d) JGUBK
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 851151276. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 851 151 26 (b) 815 151 276 (c) 851 151 276 (d) 851 151 2776
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play All Eight (b) Love Eight Play All (c) Eight Love Play All (d) All Play Love Eight
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, kite, rope? (a) Red Kites Goats (b) Kites Red Goats (c) Kites Goats Red (d) Goats Kites Red
26. 26.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
28. 28.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mum Ants Jolly (b) Ants Mum Fly Jolly (c) Jolly Fly Mum Ants (d) Fly Jolly Mum Ants
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, inkpot, cat? (a) Ice Cook Tiny (b) Cook Ice Tiny (c) Ice Tiny Cook (d) Tiny Ice Cook
33. 33.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
34. 34.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, tomato, nest, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJND (b) JTND (c) TNDJ (d) DNTJ
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 6702943196. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 670 294 3196 (b) 702 943 196 (c) 670 294 31996 (d) 760 294 3196
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 199709100661. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1997 0901 0661 (b) 1997 0900 661 (c) 1997 0910 00661 (d) 1997 0910 0661
38. 38.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
39. 39.🧰 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
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pink Cook (b) Cats Every Pink Cook (c) Cook Pink Cats Every (d) Cats Pink Cook Every

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