Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 999 · 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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, goat, anchor, ice cream, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BGAIL (b) LIAGB (c) GAILB (d) GBAIL
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 434405176. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 434 405 176 (b) 434 400 5176 (c) 444 051 76 (d) 434 401 576
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 455257017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 455 257 0117 (b) 455 257 017 (c) 455 257 07 (d) 545 257 017
7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
8. 8.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 223411685. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 223 411 65 (b) 223 411 685 (c) 223 411 865 (d) 223 411 1685
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 250226976. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 250 269 76 (b) 205 226 976 (c) 250 226 976 (d) 225 022 6976
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, goat, owl, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUOD (b) GODU (c) DOGU (d) UGOD
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pigs Cats (b) Cook Eat Pigs Cats (c) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (d) Cook Pigs Cats Eat
16. 16.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 221531417. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 215 314 17 (b) 221 531 417 (c) 221 531 4117 (d) 221 534 117
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, needle, tiger? (a) Nani Only Toys (b) Nani Toys Only (c) Toys Nani Only (d) Only Nani Toys
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
21. 21.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Pigs Crazy (b) Cook Pigs Crazy Eight (c) Cook Eight Pigs Crazy (d) Crazy Pigs Cook Eight
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, fan, ball? (a) Funny Uncle Big (b) Funny Big Uncle (c) Uncle Funny Big (d) Big Funny Uncle
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 692244323412. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6292 4432 3412 (b) 6922 4432 3412 (c) 6922 4432 34122 (d) 6922 4323 412
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 209116546. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 029 116 546 (b) 209 111 6546 (c) 209 115 46 (d) 209 116 546
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, coconut, pencil, tomato, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UTPCD (b) CDPTU (c) DCPTU (d) CPTUD
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 8652386974. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 865 236 974 (b) 685 238 6974 (c) 866 523 86974 (d) 865 238 6974
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, anchor, pillow, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPAC (b) ACPM (c) APMC (d) CAPM
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
31. 31.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Pigs All (b) Lazy Pigs All Eight (c) Eight Lazy Pigs All (d) All Pigs Lazy Eight
35. 35.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 420786242. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 420 786 24 (b) 442 078 6242 (c) 420 786 242 (d) 240 786 242
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, flute, candle? (a) Fly Inside Cats (b) Cats Fly Inside (c) Inside Fly Cats (d) Fly Cats Inside

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