Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 669 · 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) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
2. 2.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Lazy Fly (b) Sing Rani Lazy Fly (c) Sing Lazy Fly Rani (d) Fly Lazy Sing Rani
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Play Cook (c) Crazy Eat Play Cook (d) Crazy Play Cook Eat
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 515464312240. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5154 4312 240 (b) 5154 6413 2240 (c) 5154 6431 22440 (d) 5154 6431 2240
7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 274184665818. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2714 8466 5818 (b) 2741 8446 65818 (c) 2718 4665 818 (d) 2741 8466 5818
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mum Fly Jolly (b) Fly Jolly Mum All (c) Jolly Fly Mum All (d) Fly Mum All Jolly
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (b) Cook Pigs Cats Eat (c) Eat Cook Pigs Cats (d) Cook Eat Pigs Cats
12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 207727579. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 207 727 579 (b) 207 772 579 (c) 207 775 79 (d) 200 772 7579
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 804333812. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 803 433 812 (b) 804 333 82 (c) 804 333 812 (d) 804 333 3812
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, kite, duck, flute, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFDKC (b) KDFRC (c) KCDFR (d) CKDFR
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, flute, drum, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDWK (b) FKDW (c) WDFK (d) KFDW
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 3333808007. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 333 380 8070 (b) 333 380 8007 (c) 333 380 807 (d) 333 380 88007
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, umpire, goat? (a) My Up Green (b) Green Up My (c) Up Green My (d) Up My Green
23. 23.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eight Pink Crazy (b) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (c) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (d) Eight Cats Pink Crazy
25. 25.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 3901458022. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 930 145 8022 (b) 390 145 8022 (c) 390 145 80022 (d) 390 145 802
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, apple, whistle? (a) Ants Wet Red (b) Wet Ants Red (c) Ants Red Wet (d) Red Ants Wet
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, lamp, igloo? (a) Bakes Lazy Inside (b) Inside Lazy Bakes (c) Lazy Bakes Inside (d) Lazy Inside Bakes
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 630326312. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 630 326 132 (b) 630 326 312 (c) 630 326 3112 (d) 630 323 12
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, anchor, ladder, coconut, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCLAV (b) AVLCP (c) VALCP (d) ALCPV
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cats Eight (b) Eight Cats Cats Pink (c) Cats Eight Pink Cats (d) Eight Cats Pink Cats
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 443689206537. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4443 6892 06537 (b) 4436 8920 6537 (c) 4436 9820 6537 (d) 4368 9206 537
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, glass, kettle? (a) Goats Kites Under (b) Under Goats Kites (c) Goats Under Kites (d) Kites Goats Under
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, ice cream, ant? (a) Cook Ice Aunty (b) Ice Cook Aunty (c) Ice Aunty Cook (d) Aunty Ice Cook
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
40. 40.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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