Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 849 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, umbrella, pencil, frog, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UPFDV (b) DFPUV (c) UVPFD (d) VUPFD
3. 3.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 172599224. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 172 599 242 (b) 117 259 9224 (c) 125 992 24 (d) 172 599 224
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, igloo, parrot? (a) Ice Bunny Play (b) Play Ice Bunny (c) Bunny Ice Play (d) Ice Play Bunny
7. 7.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 243740252. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 243 702 52 (b) 243 740 252 (c) 247 340 252 (d) 243 740 2522
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 582232978. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 582 223 978 (b) 582 232 98 (c) 582 223 2978 (d) 582 232 978
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 622579188566. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6227 9188 566 (b) 6225 5791 88566 (c) 6225 7981 8566 (d) 6225 7918 8566
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, coconut, watch, lemon, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLWCS (b) CSWLN (c) CWLNS (d) SCWLN
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 321172801. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 321 178 201 (b) 321 172 01 (c) 321 117 2801 (d) 321 172 801
18. 18.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, tent, van, rope, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TVRKA (b) ATVRK (c) KRVTA (d) TAVRK
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 387976340672. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3879 7643 0672 (b) 3879 7634 067 (c) 3879 7634 0672 (d) 3879 7633 40672
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, violin, fan? (a) Cats Vines Frogs (b) Frogs Vines Cats (c) Vines Frogs Cats (d) Vines Cats Frogs
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 996513936. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 996 513 9336 (b) 996 519 336 (c) 965 139 36 (d) 996 513 936
26. 26.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 2032582953. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 203 252 8953 (b) 232 582 953 (c) 203 258 29553 (d) 203 258 2953
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, jeep, needle, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PJNS (b) JNSP (c) JPNS (d) SNJP
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 102782776. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 102 782 7776 (b) 102 827 76 (c) 102 787 276 (d) 102 782 776
33. 33.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Pink Crazy (b) Cats Pink Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Pink Cats Eat (d) Eat Cats Pink Crazy
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Grab Sing (b) Wins Sing Grab (c) Sing Wins Grab (d) Grab Wins Sing
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, monkey, owl? (a) Mice Only Kids (b) Kids Mice Only (c) Mice Kids Only (d) Only Mice Kids
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, whistle, tent? (a) Wet Cook Toys (b) Toys Wet Cook (c) Wet Toys Cook (d) Cook Wet Toys
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 879595644. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 879 559 644 (b) 795 956 44 (c) 879 595 644 (d) 879 595 5644

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