Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 822 · 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, ball, orange, parrot, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BIOPN (b) IBOPN (c) BOPNI (d) NPOBI
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
3. 3.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 875086875531. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8750 8687 551 (b) 8750 8687 5531 (c) 8750 8687 55311 (d) 7850 8687 5531
6. 6.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, lemon, onion? (a) Lions Green Old (b) Old Lions Green (c) Green Lions Old (d) Lions Old Green
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
10. 10.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, flute, orange? (a) Frogs Old Sing (b) Old Frogs Sing (c) Frogs Sing Old (d) Sing Frogs Old
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, cat, tomato? (a) Cats Tea Funny (b) Tea Cats Funny (c) Funny Cats Tea (d) Cats Funny Tea
15. 15.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, duck, key? (a) Dogs Kind Silly (b) Silly Dogs Kind (c) Kind Dogs Silly (d) Dogs Silly Kind
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 479005987. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 479 005 987 (b) 479 005 9877 (c) 479 005 87 (d) 497 005 987
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 872415023931. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8724 1502 391 (b) 8724 1503 2931 (c) 8872 4150 23931 (d) 8724 1502 3931
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, duck, mirror? (a) Dogs Kids Mice (b) Mice Dogs Kids (c) Dogs Mice Kids (d) Kids Dogs Mice
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
25. 25.🧰 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) chunking (d) an acronym
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, coconut, apple, jug, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJACN (b) CNAJD (c) NCAJD (d) CAJDN
29. 29.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
31. 31.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, umbrella, jalebi, mango, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BUJMD (b) UBJMD (c) UJMDB (d) DMJUB
33. 33.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 560878041. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 560 878 041 (b) 568 078 041 (c) 560 878 01 (d) 560 887 8041
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 267732999. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 267 732 999 (b) 627 732 999 (c) 226 773 2999 (d) 267 732 99
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (b) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (c) Cats Eight Pink Crazy (d) Eight Cats Pink Crazy
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, igloo, radio? (a) Ice Rani My (b) Rani Ice My (c) My Ice Rani (d) Ice My Rani
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 6282660959. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 628 266 09599 (b) 628 266 0959 (c) 682 660 959 (d) 628 266 9059
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking

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