Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 652 · 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 410036237. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 411 003 6237 (b) 410 036 237 (c) 410 362 37 (d) 140 036 237
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eat Seven Wet (b) Eat Seven Wet Nani (c) Eat Nani Seven Wet (d) Wet Seven Eat Nani
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, watch, ball, rope, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRBWP (b) WPBRF (c) PWBRF (d) WBRFP
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 8472411037. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 847 241 037 (b) 847 241 1037 (c) 487 241 1037 (d) 847 244 11037
5. 5.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
6. 6.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 4747106691. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 474 710 66991 (b) 474 710 6619 (c) 474 716 691 (d) 474 710 6691
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 834847252288. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8348 4725 2288 (b) 8348 4275 2288 (c) 8348 4725 288 (d) 8348 4725 52288
9. 9.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, onion, umbrella? (a) Up Old Rani (b) Old Rani Up (c) Rani Old Up (d) Old Up Rani
11. 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, mirror, spoon, inkpot, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TMSIC (b) MSICT (c) CISMT (d) MTSIC
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 621641294. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 621 642 94 (b) 621 641 2994 (c) 621 642 194 (d) 621 641 294
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, sock, orange, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBOW (b) WOSB (c) BSOW (d) SOWB
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, monkey, apple, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMAI (b) MSAI (c) MAIS (d) IAMS
18. 18.🧰 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) a rhyme (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 351610598. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 351 610 598 (b) 351 610 58 (c) 531 610 598 (d) 351 610 5998
21. 21.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 1902711173. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 190 277 11173 (b) 190 271 173 (c) 190 271 1173 (d) 190 271 1713
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, jug, pencil? (a) Jolly Pigs Lions (b) Jolly Lions Pigs (c) Pigs Jolly Lions (d) Lions Jolly Pigs
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Fly My All (b) Fly Jolly My All (c) All My Fly Jolly (d) Fly My All Jolly
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, jeep, duck, pillow, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJDPA (b) JSDPA (c) APDJS (d) JDPAS
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
30. 30.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
31. 31.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, owl, tent, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTOA (b) OATB (c) OTBA (d) AOTB
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 291130160987. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2911 3016 097 (b) 2911 1301 60987 (c) 2911 3010 6987 (d) 2911 3016 0987
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, wallet, vase, coconut, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WOVCI (b) OWVCI (c) WVCIO (d) ICVWO
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, doll, ball, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSBG (b) GBDS (c) SDBG (d) DBGS
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking

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