Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 656 · 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.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 856658565080. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8566 5856 080 (b) 8566 5856 5080 (c) 8566 5585 65080 (d) 8565 6856 5080
4. 4.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Every (b) Every Crazy Pigs Cats (c) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (d) Crazy Every Pigs Cats
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 338377717. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 333 837 7717 (b) 338 377 717 (c) 338 377 17 (d) 338 377 177
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, jug, kite? (a) Jolly Kites Only (b) Jolly Only Kites (c) Only Jolly Kites (d) Kites Jolly Only
8. 8.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, frog, bucket, lamp, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFBLA (b) FCBLA (c) ALBFC (d) FBLAC
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 586375351. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 586 375 3511 (b) 586 375 351 (c) 586 373 551 (d) 563 753 51
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 3392181911. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 339 181 911 (b) 339 218 1191 (c) 339 221 81911 (d) 339 218 1911
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, pencil, needle? (a) Neat Pink Bunny (b) Bunny Pink Neat (c) Pink Bunny Neat (d) Pink Neat Bunny
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 758225556328. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7582 2555 6328 (b) 7528 2555 6328 (c) 7582 2555 56328 (d) 5822 5556 328
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Love Frogs (b) Seven Love Frogs Red (c) Frogs Love Seven Red (d) Seven Red Love Frogs
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, mango, kite, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OKMS (b) MSKO (c) SMKO (d) MKOS
22. 22.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, flute, ladder, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVLD (b) FLDV (c) DLFV (d) VFLD
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, drum, jug, cat, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DWJCL (b) LCJDW (c) WDJCL (d) DJCLW
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 340168754820. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3401 6875 44820 (b) 3401 6874 820 (c) 3401 6875 4820 (d) 3401 6874 5820
28. 28.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, apple, cat? (a) Aunty Love Crazy (b) Aunty Crazy Love (c) Crazy Aunty Love (d) Love Aunty Crazy
31. 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
33. 33.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a long story
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, shoe, umpire, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUSM (b) MSUC (c) SUCM (d) SMUC
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, spoon, goat? (a) Seven Grab Kind (b) Seven Kind Grab (c) Kind Seven Grab (d) Grab Seven Kind
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 993121087282. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9931 2108 7282 (b) 9931 2100 87282 (c) 9931 2108 722 (d) 9931 2180 7282
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Crazy Pink (b) Eight Crazy Pink Crazy (c) Crazy Pink Crazy Eight (d) Crazy Eight Pink Crazy
39. 39.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, jalebi, frog? (a) My Jeeps Funny (b) Jeeps My Funny (c) Funny Jeeps My (d) Jeeps Funny My

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