Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 895 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 659911502. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 659 911 520 (b) 659 911 502 (c) 659 911 5502 (d) 659 915 02
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Lions Fly (b) Runs Silly Lions Fly (c) Silly Lions Fly Runs (d) Fly Lions Silly Runs
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, ball, rope? (a) Big Red Pink (b) Pink Big Red (c) Big Pink Red (d) Red Big Pink
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, umpire, banana? (a) Up Bunny All (b) Bunny Up All (c) All Up Bunny (d) Up All Bunny
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 2524982035. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 252 498 2053 (b) 252 498 203 (c) 252 498 20355 (d) 252 498 2035
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
11. 11.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, kettle, shoe? (a) Tiny Kites Silly (b) Kites Tiny Silly (c) Kites Silly Tiny (d) Silly Kites Tiny
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 291190329. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 299 119 0329 (b) 291 190 329 (c) 291 190 239 (d) 291 903 29
14. 14.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Pink All (b) All Pink Lions Eat (c) Lions Pink All Eat (d) Eat Lions Pink All
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, tomato, anchor? (a) Tiny Aunty Seven (b) Tiny Seven Aunty (c) Seven Tiny Aunty (d) Aunty Tiny Seven
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 886582951. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 886 529 51 (b) 888 658 2951 (c) 885 682 951 (d) 886 582 951
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
20. 20.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lazy Eight (b) Eight Lazy Pink Aunty (c) Lazy Pink Aunty Eight (d) Lazy Eight Pink Aunty
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, inkpot, watch, umpire, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) INWUT (b) NIWUT (c) TUWIN (d) IWUTN
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Sing Wise (b) Nani Eat Sing Wise (c) Wise Sing Eat Nani (d) Eat Sing Wise Nani
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
27. 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, mango, duck? (a) Dad Mice Under (b) Under Mice Dad (c) Mice Under Dad (d) Mice Dad Under
30. 30.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, cat, ant, jeep, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CAJIP (b) IJACP (c) PCAJI (d) CPAJI
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
34. 34.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 9021180403. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 902 118 0403 (b) 990 211 80403 (c) 921 180 403 (d) 092 118 0403
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, fan, umpire, ball, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FUBRD (b) RBUFD (c) DFUBR (d) FDUBR
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, net, ladder, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBLA (b) ALNB (c) BNLA (d) NLAB
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 315554205. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 135 554 205 (b) 315 554 205 (c) 315 554 4205 (d) 155 542 05
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, orange, candle, lemon, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLCOJ (b) OJCLF (c) JOCLF (d) OCLFJ
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF

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