Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 675 · 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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 5978040718. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 597 804 018 (b) 597 800 4718 (c) 597 804 40718 (d) 597 804 0718
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Seven Lions Fly (b) Seven Lions Fly Runs (c) Seven Runs Lions Fly (d) Fly Lions Seven Runs
6. 6.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
9. 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
10. 10.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 6815600610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 681 560 0610 (b) 681 560 0160 (c) 681 560 00610 (d) 681 560 010
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eight (b) Eight Cats Play Crazy (c) Crazy Play Cats Eight (d) Cats Eight Play Crazy
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 464103720. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 446 410 3720 (b) 464 103 720 (c) 464 013 720 (d) 464 037 20
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 432691118. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 432 691 11 (b) 432 691 1118 (c) 423 691 118 (d) 432 691 118
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, watch, drum? (a) Wet Dance Seven (b) Dance Wet Seven (c) Wet Seven Dance (d) Seven Wet Dance
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, goat, tent, lemon, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULTGS (b) GTLUS (c) GSTLU (d) SGTLU
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 486807433595. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4868 0074 33595 (b) 4868 0743 3595 (c) 4860 7433 595 (d) 4868 0743 3559
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 721479247852. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7214 7924 78522 (b) 7214 7924 7582 (c) 7214 7927 852 (d) 7214 7924 7852
23. 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Funny Red (b) Silly Red Love Funny (c) Red Silly Love Funny (d) Funny Love Silly Red
26. 26.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, guava, lemon? (a) Love Grab Sing (b) Grab Love Sing (c) Grab Sing Love (d) Sing Grab Love
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wise Nani (b) Wise Sing Eat Nani (c) Nani Eat Sing Wise (d) Eat Nani Sing Wise
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 931082355903. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9310 8235 5093 (b) 9331 0823 55903 (c) 9310 8235 5903 (d) 9310 8235 503
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, inkpot, anchor? (a) Silly Ink All (b) Ink All Silly (c) Ink Silly All (d) All Ink Silly
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
37. 37.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

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