Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 878 · 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: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 578884295. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 578 884 295 (b) 578 884 4295 (c) 578 848 295 (d) 578 884 29
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, net, doll, tiger, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLDTM (b) LNDTM (c) MTDNL (d) NDTML
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 426110616704. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4261 1061 7604 (b) 4261 1061 674 (c) 4261 1061 16704 (d) 4261 1061 6704
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
11. 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 170260505. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 170 260 5505 (b) 170 260 505 (c) 170 260 550 (d) 102 605 05
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum Aunty Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny Mum Aunty (c) Aunty Mum Funny Jeeps (d) Funny Jeeps Mum Aunty
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 148468992521. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1484 6899 2521 (b) 1448 4689 92521 (c) 1484 6899 221 (d) 1484 8699 2521
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Lions Eight (b) Lions Pink All Eight (c) Eight Lions Pink All (d) Lions Eight Pink All
19. 19.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, jeep, parrot, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJPB (b) JPBL (c) JLPB (d) BPJL
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 774900597856. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7740 0597 856 (b) 7749 0059 78566 (c) 7749 0059 7586 (d) 7749 0059 7856
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Cats Every (c) Every Cats Cats Pink (d) Every Cats Pink Cats
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 335568803. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 335 586 803 (b) 335 568 8803 (c) 335 688 03 (d) 335 568 803
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, anchor, rope? (a) Ants Runs Goats (b) Goats Ants Runs (c) Runs Ants Goats (d) Ants Goats Runs
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 2378359136. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 327 835 9136 (b) 237 835 9136 (c) 237 833 59136 (d) 237 835 913
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Eat Neat (b) Eat Silly Wins Neat (c) Eat Neat Silly Wins (d) Neat Eat Silly Wins
31. 31.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 2781537016. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 278 153 7106 (b) 278 815 37016 (c) 278 153 7016 (d) 278 153 716
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 443239444270. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4432 3944 42700 (b) 4432 3944 270 (c) 4432 3944 4270 (d) 4432 3494 4270
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, rope, wallet, guava, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRWGL (b) RWGLD (c) RDWGL (d) LGWRD
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 205820387088. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2582 0387 088 (b) 2058 2037 8088 (c) 2058 2038 7088 (d) 2005 8203 87088
37. 37.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 945498528853. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9454 9852 8853 (b) 9454 9852 8583 (c) 9459 8528 853 (d) 9454 9852 88853
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, vase, rope, parrot, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VIRPC (b) CPRVI (c) IVRPC (d) VRPCI
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA

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