Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 686 · 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: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 1891403131. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 198 140 3131 (b) 189 140 313 (c) 189 140 3131 (d) 189 144 03131
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, cat, mirror? (a) Cook Owls Mice (b) Owls Cook Mice (c) Mice Cook Owls (d) Cook Mice Owls
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 283437998008. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2834 3798 008 (b) 2834 3799 0808 (c) 2834 3799 80008 (d) 2834 3799 8008
7. 7.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
9. 9.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Lions Eight (c) Eight Lions Pigs Aunty (d) Lions Pigs Aunty Eight
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, net, wallet? (a) Nine Wins Pigs (b) Nine Pigs Wins (c) Wins Nine Pigs (d) Pigs Nine Wins
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 908881172. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 908 881 712 (b) 908 881 172 (c) 908 881 1172 (d) 908 811 72
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 710920858. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 710 290 858 (b) 710 920 858 (c) 710 920 8588 (d) 109 208 58
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, parrot, watch? (a) Cook Pigs Wins (b) Wins Pigs Cook (c) Pigs Wins Cook (d) Pigs Cook Wins
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, drum, tomato? (a) Dance Tiny Seven (b) Seven Dance Tiny (c) Dance Seven Tiny (d) Tiny Dance Seven
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 293745941017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2937 4594 1071 (b) 2937 4594 017 (c) 2937 4594 1017 (d) 2937 4594 10117
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, pillow, cat? (a) Pink Cats Jump (b) Pink Jump Cats (c) Jump Pink Cats (d) Cats Pink Jump
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 2593042411. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 259 304 2411 (b) 255 930 42411 (c) 259 304 241 (d) 259 304 2141
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Every Silly Wins (b) Every Silly Wins Nine (c) Every Nine Silly Wins (d) Wins Silly Every Nine
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lions Silly Rani (b) Rani Silly Lions Funny (c) Silly Lions Funny Rani (d) Silly Rani Lions Funny
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, bucket, parrot, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBPM (b) BIPM (c) BPMI (d) MPBI
25. 25.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
26. 26.🔤 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
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Every Neat (b) Every Seven Wise Neat (c) Neat Every Seven Wise (d) Every Neat Seven Wise
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eight Sing Wins (b) Eight Nani Sing Wins (c) Wins Sing Eight Nani (d) Eight Sing Wins Nani
31. 31.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 6920773814. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 692 707 3814 (b) 692 077 3814 (c) 692 077 384 (d) 692 077 73814
34. 34.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
36. 36.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (b) Cook Pigs Cats Eight (c) Cats Eight Pigs Cook (d) Eight Cats Pigs Cook
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 927701226419. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9277 0122 419 (b) 9727 0122 6419 (c) 9277 7012 26419 (d) 9277 0122 6419
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 285125032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 285 125 023 (b) 285 125 032 (c) 285 122 5032 (d) 851 250 32

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