Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 775 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, umbrella, cat, kettle, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UICKF (b) FKCUI (c) IUCKF (d) UCKFI
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, ladder, nest? (a) Wise Love Neat (b) Neat Love Wise (c) Love Neat Wise (d) Love Wise Neat
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
6. 6.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, watch, onion? (a) Old Wet Vans (b) Vans Wet Old (c) Wet Old Vans (d) Wet Vans Old
9. 9.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Lions Every (b) Lions Every Pigs Aunty (c) Lions Pigs Aunty Every (d) Every Lions Pigs Aunty
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, vase, spoon? (a) Funny Vines Seven (b) Vines Seven Funny (c) Seven Vines Funny (d) Vines Funny Seven
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 7147301804. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 714 730 1804 (b) 714 730 1084 (c) 717 301 804 (d) 714 730 01804
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
16. 16.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 1424634215. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 144 246 34215 (b) 144 263 4215 (c) 142 634 215 (d) 142 463 4215
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 768527558469. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7652 7558 469 (b) 6785 2755 8469 (c) 7685 2755 8469 (d) 7685 2755 88469
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, fan, van? (a) Frogs Cook Vines (b) Cook Frogs Vines (c) Vines Frogs Cook (d) Frogs Vines Cook
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 626022997. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 260 229 97 (b) 626 022 2997 (c) 626 029 297 (d) 626 022 997
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink All Eight (b) Eight Love Pink All (c) All Pink Love Eight (d) Love Eight Pink All
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 781659149. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 816 591 49 (b) 781 665 9149 (c) 781 659 149 (d) 718 659 149
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 6047660112. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 604 766 1012 (b) 647 660 112 (c) 600 476 60112 (d) 604 766 0112
30. 30.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 4174493515. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 441 744 93515 (b) 417 449 3515 (c) 417 449 515 (d) 417 449 5315
32. 32.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 984671515. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 984 671 515 (b) 948 671 515 (c) 988 467 1515 (d) 986 715 15
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 3721703838. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 372 170 3388 (b) 372 170 3838 (c) 372 170 388 (d) 372 170 38388
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Pigs All (b) Lions Pigs All Every (c) Every Lions Pigs All (d) All Pigs Lions Every
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, pillow, rose, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PLRT (b) LPRT (c) TRPL (d) PRTL
38. 38.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 1109091616. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 110 901 9616 (b) 110 990 91616 (c) 110 909 1616 (d) 119 091 616
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC

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