Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 868 · 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: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 141211078. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 141 211 078 (b) 142 110 78 (c) 411 211 078 (d) 144 121 1078
4. 4.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 884575163507. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8845 7516 307 (b) 8884 5751 63507 (c) 8845 7516 5307 (d) 8845 7516 3507
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Every Silly Wins (b) Every Nine Silly Wins (c) Every Silly Wins Nine (d) Wins Silly Every Nine
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, cat, drum? (a) Cook Dogs Lions (b) Cook Lions Dogs (c) Lions Cook Dogs (d) Dogs Cook Lions
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, doll, wallet? (a) Ants Dance Wise (b) Dance Wise Ants (c) Dance Ants Wise (d) Wise Dance Ants
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, bucket, tomato, glass, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGTBL (b) BLTGI (c) LBTGI (d) BTGIL
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 365501909. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 365 500 1909 (b) 365 509 109 (c) 365 501 99 (d) 365 501 909
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 877837894. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 877 837 8944 (b) 877 837 894 (c) 877 878 94 (d) 877 387 894
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, orange, nest? (a) Nine Only Rani (b) Only Rani Nine (c) Only Nine Rani (d) Rani Only Nine
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 903013238. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 093 013 238 (b) 903 013 238 (c) 900 301 3238 (d) 030 132 38
18. 18.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, needle, coconut, ice cream, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCIVO (b) NOCIV (c) VICNO (d) ONCIV
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 852513688356. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8525 1368 83356 (b) 8525 1368 8356 (c) 8525 1368 8536 (d) 8551 3688 356
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, umbrella, glass, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WUGB (b) BGUW (c) UWGB (d) UGBW
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 975506514. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 955 065 14 (b) 975 560 514 (c) 975 550 6514 (d) 975 506 514
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 361383213. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 363 183 213 (b) 361 332 13 (c) 361 383 213 (d) 361 383 2133
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🔤 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
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Play All (b) Every Lazy Play All (c) All Play Lazy Every (d) Lazy Play All Every
28. 28.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 3627353762. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 362 375 3762 (b) 362 735 762 (c) 362 735 3762 (d) 362 733 53762
30. 30.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, apple, glass? (a) All Goats Play (b) Goats All Play (c) All Play Goats (d) Play All Goats
34. 34.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Pigs Crazy (b) Eight Cook Pigs Crazy (c) Cook Pigs Crazy Eight (d) Crazy Pigs Cook Eight
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pigs All Eight (b) Lazy Eight Pigs All (c) Eight Lazy Pigs All (d) All Pigs Lazy Eight
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme

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