Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 823 · 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: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eat (b) Eat Lazy Pigs Aunty (c) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eat (d) Lazy Eat Pigs Aunty
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 574195745. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 574 195 7445 (b) 574 157 45 (c) 574 195 745 (d) 574 159 745
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 688782925843. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6887 8299 25843 (b) 6887 8292 8543 (c) 6887 8292 543 (d) 6887 8292 5843
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, ant, frog, ladder, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFLJW (b) AWFLJ (c) WAFLJ (d) JLFAW
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, duck, shoe, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSBK (b) DKSB (c) BSDK (d) KDSB
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump My All (b) All My Frogs Jump (c) Jump Frogs My All (d) Frogs My All Jump
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 7009498453. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 070 949 8453 (b) 700 949 853 (c) 700 944 98453 (d) 700 949 8453
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 132386027111. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3123 8602 7111 (b) 1323 8602 711 (c) 1323 8602 7111 (d) 1323 8602 71111
15. 15.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, ice cream, ladder, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RLIU (b) IULR (c) ILRU (d) UILR
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 556381535. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 565 381 535 (b) 555 638 1535 (c) 556 381 535 (d) 556 385 35
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, frog, candle? (a) Frogs Crazy Aunty (b) Aunty Frogs Crazy (c) Frogs Aunty Crazy (d) Crazy Frogs Aunty
21. 21.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 510160062136. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5101 6002 136 (b) 5100 1600 62136 (c) 5101 6006 2316 (d) 5101 6006 2136
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
26. 26.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
28. 28.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
31. 31.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Play Ants (b) Ants Play Lions Every (c) Every Lions Play Ants (d) Lions Play Ants Every
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Silly Lazy Fly (b) Silly Lazy Fly Red (c) Silly Red Lazy Fly (d) Fly Lazy Silly Red
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, glass, apple, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GOAF (b) OGAF (c) GAFO (d) FAGO

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