Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 842 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, net, owl? (a) Fly Nani Old (b) Nani Old Fly (c) Nani Fly Old (d) Old Nani Fly
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, monkey, doll? (a) Mum Dad Lions (b) Lions Mum Dad (c) Mum Lions Dad (d) Dad Mum Lions
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, pillow, van, key, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RKVPB (b) BPVKR (c) PBVKR (d) PVKRB
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Frogs Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs Mum Ants (c) Frogs Jolly Mum Ants (d) Frogs Mum Ants Jolly
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (b) Cats Every Pigs Crazy (c) Every Cats Pigs Crazy (d) Cats Pigs Crazy Every
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 105055797612. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1055 5797 612 (b) 1050 5579 7612 (c) 1050 5577 9612 (d) 1050 5579 76612
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 4697367952. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 469 736 7952 (b) 469 736 7592 (c) 469 736 795 (d) 469 973 67952
22. 22.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 433100438. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 433 010 438 (b) 433 100 438 (c) 443 310 0438 (d) 433 100 43
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 8895141335. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 889 514 1335 (b) 889 511 4335 (c) 895 141 335 (d) 888 951 41335
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, cat, lemon, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CULV (b) CLVU (c) UCLV (d) VLCU
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lazy Fly Rani (b) Sing Rani Lazy Fly (c) Fly Lazy Sing Rani (d) Rani Sing Lazy Fly
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, tent, bucket, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKBP (b) TBPK (c) PBTK (d) KTBP
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 666715519. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 667 615 519 (b) 667 155 19 (c) 666 715 5119 (d) 666 715 519
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Lions Frogs (b) Frogs Lions Sing Rani (c) Sing Lions Frogs Rani (d) Rani Sing Lions Frogs
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
35. 35.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Cats Every (c) Cats Every Play Crazy (d) Cats Play Crazy Every
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 869840470. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 869 840 407 (b) 869 804 70 (c) 869 840 4700 (d) 869 840 470

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