Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 829 · 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: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, frog, sock, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TSFA (b) FAST (c) AFST (d) FSTA
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, ladder, violin? (a) Very Lions Dogs (b) Lions Dogs Very (c) Lions Very Dogs (d) Dogs Lions Very
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, banana, glass? (a) Bunny Silly Grab (b) Grab Bunny Silly (c) Silly Bunny Grab (d) Bunny Grab Silly
5. 5.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, anchor, pencil? (a) Play All Dogs (b) Dogs All Play (c) All Play Dogs (d) All Dogs Play
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Play Cook (b) Cook Play Cats Eat (c) Cats Play Cook Eat (d) Eat Cats Play Cook
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, jalebi, tent? (a) Jeeps Ice Tiny (b) Tiny Jeeps Ice (c) Ice Jeeps Tiny (d) Jeeps Tiny Ice
12. 12.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, rope, glass, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGRJ (b) RGCJ (c) JRGC (d) RJGC
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Cats Every (b) Every Cook Play Cats (c) Cook Every Play Cats (d) Cats Play Cook Every
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
19. 19.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 286590171135. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2886 5901 71135 (b) 2865 0917 1135 (c) 2865 9017 1135 (d) 8659 0171 135
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, ice cream, owl, watch, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IOWDN (b) DWOIN (c) NIOWD (d) INOWD
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, violin, mirror, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMVT (b) VMJT (c) TVMJ (d) VTMJ
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 591093222. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 591 093 222 (b) 559 109 3222 (c) 951 093 222 (d) 591 032 22
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, ice cream, watch? (a) Inside Wise Big (b) Wise Inside Big (c) Big Inside Wise (d) Inside Big Wise
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 3274118778. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 327 411 8778 (b) 372 411 8778 (c) 332 741 18778 (d) 327 411 877
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, kite, ant, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UKAL (b) LAKU (c) KUAL (d) KALU
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 893645420. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 893 645 4420 (b) 893 645 40 (c) 893 645 420 (d) 893 654 420
30. 30.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 700041996. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 700 041 969 (b) 700 004 1996 (c) 700 019 96 (d) 700 041 996
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 181689552774. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1186 8955 2774 (b) 1816 8955 277 (c) 1816 8995 52774 (d) 1816 8955 2774
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pigs Cats (b) Cook Eat Pigs Cats (c) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (d) Cook Pigs Cats Eat
35. 35.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Seven (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Seven Wins Goats (d) Wins Seven Goats
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, kite, rose? (a) Vines Kind Rani (b) Kind Vines Rani (c) Kind Rani Vines (d) Rani Kind Vines
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Frogs Red (b) Frogs Lazy Seven Red (c) Red Seven Lazy Frogs (d) Seven Red Lazy Frogs
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 496151343130. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4961 5134 43130 (b) 4961 5314 3130 (c) 4961 5134 3130 (d) 4961 5133 130
40. 40.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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