Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 869 · 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.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 794043808. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 794 048 08 (b) 794 043 808 (c) 794 048 308 (d) 779 404 3808
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, fan, ant? (a) Fly Ants Sing (b) Sing Fly Ants (c) Fly Sing Ants (d) Ants Fly Sing
6. 6.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 509422481. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 059 422 481 (b) 509 424 81 (c) 509 422 481 (d) 509 942 2481
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants My Fly Jeeps (b) Fly Jeeps My Ants (c) Fly My Ants Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly My Ants
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, jug, rope? (a) Dance Jolly Rani (b) Jolly Rani Dance (c) Jolly Dance Rani (d) Rani Jolly Dance
15. 15.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 675022121005. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6750 2212 1005 (b) 6750 2121 005 (c) 6752 0212 1005 (d) 6750 2212 10055
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, apple, owl, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOAG (b) AGOS (c) AOSG (d) GAOS
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, ladder, doll, ice cream, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRDIO (b) RLDIO (c) LDIOR (d) OIDLR
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, goat, wallet? (a) Green Wet Bakes (b) Wet Green Bakes (c) Bakes Green Wet (d) Green Bakes Wet
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 2992141613. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 299 241 613 (b) 299 211 4613 (c) 299 921 41613 (d) 299 214 1613
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 8706922884. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 806 922 884 (b) 870 692 2884 (c) 870 692 28844 (d) 870 692 8284
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, mango, coconut? (a) Cats Mum Tea (b) Tea Mum Cats (c) Mum Cats Tea (d) Mum Tea Cats
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
30. 30.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 490651950. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 940 651 950 (b) 490 651 950 (c) 490 619 50 (d) 490 651 9500
32. 32.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 161683226. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 161 683 2266 (b) 161 683 226 (c) 161 683 26 (d) 166 183 226
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 674147759. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 641 477 59 (b) 671 447 759 (c) 677 414 7759 (d) 674 147 759
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
37. 37.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, jalebi, owl, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NJOA (b) AOJN (c) JNOA (d) JOAN
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Fly Rani (b) Rani Sing Love Fly (c) Fly Love Sing Rani (d) Sing Rani Love Fly
40. 40.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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