Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 65 · 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.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, kite, jug, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KVJI (b) KJIV (c) IJKV (d) VKJI
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 312961139. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 329 611 39 (b) 312 296 1139 (c) 312 916 139 (d) 312 961 139
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, violin, watch? (a) Vines Wise Seven (b) Vines Seven Wise (c) Seven Vines Wise (d) Wise Vines Seven
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, ant, goat, tiger, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGTOD (b) ADGTO (c) OTGAD (d) DAGTO
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, drum, parrot? (a) Vans Dance Pink (b) Dance Pink Vans (c) Pink Dance Vans (d) Dance Vans Pink
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, doll, orange? (a) Dogs Inside Old (b) Old Dogs Inside (c) Inside Dogs Old (d) Dogs Old Inside
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, spoon, urn, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SAUI (b) IUSA (c) SUIA (d) ASUI
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, guava, onion, ant, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UAOGM (b) GMOAU (c) MGOAU (d) GOAUM
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, vase, umbrella, flute, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SVUFP (b) VUFPS (c) PFUVS (d) VSUFP
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 633348186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 633 348 18 (b) 633 348 1866 (c) 633 348 186 (d) 633 384 186
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 693676946200. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6936 7769 46200 (b) 6936 7696 200 (c) 6936 6794 6200 (d) 6936 7694 6200
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2476922763. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 427 692 2763 (b) 247 692 22763 (c) 247 692 2763 (d) 247 692 263
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 884500701. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 884 507 01 (b) 884 500 701 (c) 885 400 701 (d) 888 450 0701
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 228167918621. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2281 6791 8612 (b) 2288 1679 18621 (c) 2281 6791 8621 (d) 2816 7918 621
25. 25.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 9156542525. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 915 654 2525 (b) 915 654 22525 (c) 195 654 2525 (d) 915 654 225
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, jug, ball, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JVBG (b) JBGV (c) GBJV (d) VJBG
28. 28.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, lemon, watch? (a) Love Very Wet (b) Wet Love Very (c) Love Wet Very (d) Very Love Wet
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Pigs Cats (b) Eight Crazy Pigs Cats (c) Crazy Pigs Cats Eight (d) Cats Pigs Crazy Eight
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Every (b) Crazy Every Pigs Cats (c) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (d) Every Crazy Pigs Cats
32. 32.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 1568588620. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 568 588 620 (b) 156 855 88620 (c) 156 858 8620 (d) 156 858 8602
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, inkpot, frog, vase, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IFVKL (b) ILFVK (c) KVFIL (d) LIFVK
36. 36.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.🧰 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
39. 39.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
40. 40.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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