Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 91 · 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: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mice Aunty Jump (b) Jump Funny Mice Aunty (c) Funny Jump Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Mice Funny Jump
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Pink All (b) All Pink Lions Every (c) Lions Pink All Every (d) Lions Every Pink All
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, needle, owl? (a) Nani Only Dogs (b) Only Nani Dogs (c) Nani Dogs Only (d) Dogs Nani Only
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
8. 8.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 257118207809. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2571 1820 77809 (b) 2571 1280 7809 (c) 2571 1820 780 (d) 2571 1820 7809
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play All Eight (b) All Play Lazy Eight (c) Lazy Eight Play All (d) Eight Lazy Play All
13. 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lions Seven Runs (b) Runs Seven Lions Frogs (c) Seven Lions Frogs Runs (d) Seven Runs Lions Frogs
15. 15.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
17. 17.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, duck, rope? (a) Dance Rani Pigs (b) Rani Dance Pigs (c) Dance Pigs Rani (d) Pigs Dance Rani
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, ladder, tiger? (a) Dance Love Tiny (b) Love Tiny Dance (c) Love Dance Tiny (d) Tiny Love Dance
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Sing Lazy Frogs (b) Sing Red Lazy Frogs (c) Sing Lazy Frogs Red (d) Frogs Lazy Sing Red
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 181545421873. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1814 5542 1873 (b) 1154 5421 873 (c) 1815 4542 18733 (d) 1815 4542 1873
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 713261781071. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7123 6178 1071 (b) 7132 6781 071 (c) 7132 6178 81071 (d) 7132 6178 1071
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, jalebi, frog, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDFV (b) DJFV (c) JFVD (d) VFJD
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Play Lazy Every (b) Every Lazy Play Ants (c) Lazy Play Ants Every (d) Lazy Every Play Ants
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, van, pillow? (a) Vines Pink Jump (b) Jump Vines Pink (c) Vines Jump Pink (d) Pink Vines Jump
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 189211270042. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1892 1127 0042 (b) 1892 1127 00422 (c) 1891 2127 0042 (d) 1892 1127 042
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, jug, fan? (a) Jolly Dad Funny (b) Dad Jolly Funny (c) Funny Jolly Dad (d) Jolly Funny Dad
33. 33.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 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
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, violin, lemon? (a) Vans Lazy Red (b) Red Vans Lazy (c) Lazy Vans Red (d) Vans Red Lazy

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