Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 742 · 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 acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 2059374109. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 205 934 7109 (b) 205 937 419 (c) 205 937 41009 (d) 205 937 4109
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, tent, parrot? (a) Tiny Love Pink (b) Pink Tiny Love (c) Love Tiny Pink (d) Tiny Pink Love
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
7. 7.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 7321154076. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 773 211 54076 (b) 321 154 076 (c) 732 115 4076 (d) 732 114 5076
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, mango, urn? (a) Mice Lions Under (b) Under Mice Lions (c) Lions Mice Under (d) Mice Under Lions
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 151910054. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 151 910 054 (b) 151 910 0554 (c) 151 910 504 (d) 151 910 54
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 592750356. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 592 753 056 (b) 559 275 0356 (c) 527 503 56 (d) 592 750 356
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 296341958. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 296 341 98 (b) 296 341 958 (c) 296 341 9558 (d) 296 349 158
14. 14.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, fan, rope? (a) Jump Funny Rani (b) Funny Jump Rani (c) Rani Funny Jump (d) Funny Rani Jump
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Cats Pink (b) Cats Pink Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Pink Cats (d) Cats Eight Pink Cats
18. 18.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, violin, kite? (a) Very Bunny Kind (b) Bunny Very Kind (c) Very Kind Bunny (d) Kind Very Bunny
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 495589931771. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4958 9931 771 (b) 4955 8993 1771 (c) 4955 8939 1771 (d) 4955 8899 31771
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, onion, drum? (a) Aunty Old Dad (b) Old Dad Aunty (c) Dad Old Aunty (d) Old Aunty Dad
26. 26.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 2628041372. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 262 804 3172 (b) 628 041 372 (c) 262 804 11372 (d) 262 804 1372
29. 29.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
32. 32.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 610470802. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 610 470 802 (b) 610 478 002 (c) 610 470 0802 (d) 610 470 82
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wet Neat (b) Neat Every Seven Wet (c) Wet Seven Every Neat (d) Every Neat Seven Wet
35. 35.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
37. 37.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) a mind map
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, inkpot, tent, kite, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITKSM (b) IMTKS (c) SKTIM (d) MITKS
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, cat, doll? (a) Dogs Cook Kids (b) Cook Kids Dogs (c) Cook Dogs Kids (d) Kids Cook Dogs
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 1077639002. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 107 763 9002 (b) 107 776 39002 (c) 107 639 002 (d) 017 763 9002

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