Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 786 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 4598189774. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 458 189 774 (b) 459 881 9774 (c) 459 818 9774 (d) 459 981 89774
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 7821451189. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 782 114 51189 (b) 782 141 5189 (c) 782 145 1189 (d) 782 151 189
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Pink Crazy (b) Every Crazy Crazy Pink (c) Crazy Pink Crazy Every (d) Every Crazy Pink Crazy
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cats Eat (b) Cats Eat Play Cats (c) Eat Cats Cats Play (d) Eat Cats Play Cats
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, owl, lemon? (a) Crazy Only Lazy (b) Lazy Only Crazy (c) Only Crazy Lazy (d) Only Lazy Crazy
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 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) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 692854850. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 692 285 4850 (b) 692 854 850 (c) 692 584 850 (d) 692 858 50
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, net, doll, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NJDB (b) NDBJ (c) BDNJ (d) JNDB
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Silly Runs (b) Silly Lions Fly Runs (c) Runs Silly Lions Fly (d) Silly Runs Lions Fly
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 839245197. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 839 245 197 (b) 839 251 97 (c) 839 425 197 (d) 833 924 5197
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Sing Wins (b) Every Sing Wins Nani (c) Nani Every Sing Wins (d) Wins Sing Every Nani
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Pigs Cats (b) Eat Cats Cats Pigs (c) Cats Pigs Cats Eat (d) Eat Cats Pigs Cats
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 121352066741. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1123 5206 6741 (b) 1213 2066 741 (c) 1213 5206 6741 (d) 1213 5206 66741
22. 22.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eight Silly Wet (b) Wet Silly Eight Nani (c) Eight Nani Silly Wet (d) Eight Silly Wet Nani
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 826542357293. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8266 5423 57293 (b) 8265 4235 729 (c) 8265 2435 7293 (d) 8265 4235 7293
26. 26.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Every (b) Every Crazy Pink Cats (c) Crazy Every Pink Cats (d) Cats Pink Crazy Every
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 353052955. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 353 052 9555 (b) 353 052 955 (c) 353 025 955 (d) 530 529 55
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lions Pink All (b) All Pink Lions Eight (c) Lions Pink All Eight (d) Lions Eight Pink All
31. 31.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔤 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
33. 33.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, vase, goat? (a) Grab Very Bunny (b) Very Bunny Grab (c) Bunny Very Grab (d) Very Grab Bunny
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, duck, needle, lamp, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGNLW (b) WLNDG (c) DNLWG (d) GDNLW
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, duck, mango? (a) Dance Old My (b) Dance My Old (c) Old Dance My (d) My Dance Old
40. 40.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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