Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 874 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Cook Eight (c) Cook Eight Pink Cook (d) Eight Cook Cook Pink
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 6838120191. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 683 812 01911 (b) 683 810 2191 (c) 683 812 0191 (d) 683 120 191
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Lazy Every (b) Lazy Pink All Every (c) Lazy Every Pink All (d) Every Lazy Pink All
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 8372959361. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 837 295 9631 (b) 837 295 9361 (c) 837 229 59361 (d) 837 295 361
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, owl, needle? (a) Nani Old Pigs (b) Old Pigs Nani (c) Old Nani Pigs (d) Pigs Old Nani
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Pigs All (b) All Pigs Lions Eight (c) Eight Lions Pigs All (d) Lions Pigs All Eight
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, spoon, fan, guava, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGFSK (b) SKFGP (c) SFGPK (d) KSFGP
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, ice cream, onion, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JOIU (b) UIOJ (c) IOJU (d) IUOJ
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wet Nani (b) Wet Sing Eat Nani (c) Nani Eat Sing Wet (d) Eat Nani Sing Wet
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, owl, rose? (a) Old Runs Big (b) Runs Old Big (c) Big Old Runs (d) Old Big Runs
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 724864013092. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7248 6401 392 (b) 7248 6440 13092 (c) 7248 6401 3092 (d) 2748 6401 3092
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, jalebi, apple, cat, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JACMO (b) MCAJO (c) JOACM (d) OJACM
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, tent, sock? (a) Sing Toys Cats (b) Toys Sing Cats (c) Toys Cats Sing (d) Cats Toys Sing
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Pink Cats (b) Cook Pink Cats Eight (c) Cats Pink Cook Eight (d) Cook Eight Pink Cats
23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Play Love Every (b) Love Play Ants Every (c) Every Love Play Ants (d) Love Every Play Ants
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 634580621. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 364 580 621 (b) 634 458 0621 (c) 345 806 21 (d) 634 580 621
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 6707848326. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 607 848 326 (b) 670 784 48326 (c) 670 784 8326 (d) 670 784 8236
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, jug, candle? (a) Jump Lions Cook (b) Jump Cook Lions (c) Lions Jump Cook (d) Cook Jump Lions
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 1611350528. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 161 315 0528 (b) 161 135 05288 (c) 161 135 0528 (d) 161 150 528
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, wallet, coconut, lamp, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWCLA (b) WCLAG (c) ALCWG (d) WGCLA
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, rose, umpire? (a) Red Under Cook (b) Red Cook Under (c) Under Red Cook (d) Cook Red Under
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 943544536. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 943 545 436 (b) 943 544 36 (c) 943 544 536 (d) 943 544 4536
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 646017220. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 646 017 220 (b) 646 107 220 (c) 646 011 7220 (d) 646 017 22
37. 37.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pigs Crazy (b) Every Cats Pigs Crazy (c) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (d) Cats Pigs Crazy Every
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, rose, net, owl, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JONRC (b) RNOJC (c) CRNOJ (d) RCNOJ
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 265326280. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 265 326 2280 (b) 265 362 280 (c) 265 326 20 (d) 265 326 280

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