Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 682 · 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: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, umpire, ball, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FUBS (b) UBSF (c) UFBS (d) SBUF
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, watch, monkey, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMWS (b) WSMP (c) SWMP (d) WMPS
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, pencil, monkey? (a) Pigs Kids Mum (b) Kids Pigs Mum (c) Pigs Mum Kids (d) Mum Pigs Kids
8. 8.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 431254867. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 443 125 4867 (b) 431 254 876 (c) 431 254 867 (d) 431 254 67
11. 11.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, owl, drum, coconut, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NODCK (b) ODCKN (c) KCDON (d) ONDCK
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, parrot, nest? (a) Nine Pigs Mum (b) Mum Pigs Nine (c) Pigs Nine Mum (d) Pigs Mum Nine
21. 21.🧰 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) chunking (d) a rhyme
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Seven Wise (b) Wise Seven Every Neat (c) Neat Every Seven Wise (d) Every Seven Wise Neat
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, bucket, key, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKBL (b) BKIL (c) LBKI (d) BLKI
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 691733282. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 961 733 282 (b) 917 332 82 (c) 691 733 282 (d) 699 173 3282
26. 26.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, van, tent, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTDJ (b) DTVJ (c) VJTD (d) JVTD
28. 28.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, inkpot, lemon, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ILUK (b) ULIK (c) IKLU (d) KILU
30. 30.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, fan, lamp? (a) Funny Inside Lazy (b) Inside Funny Lazy (c) Lazy Funny Inside (d) Funny Lazy Inside
32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 407571266663. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4077 5126 6663 (b) 4075 7266 663 (c) 4075 7126 6663 (d) 4407 5712 66663
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lazy Fly Red (b) Silly Red Lazy Fly (c) Red Silly Lazy Fly (d) Fly Lazy Silly Red
37. 37.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 8839737114. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 839 737 114 (b) 883 973 7114 (c) 883 973 37114 (d) 838 973 7114
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, needle, kite? (a) Neat Kids Lions (b) Lions Neat Kids (c) Kids Neat Lions (d) Neat Lions Kids
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 212282388. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 212 823 88 (b) 212 228 2388 (c) 212 282 388 (d) 212 228 388

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