Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 11 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, spoon, rope, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRSC (b) CSRG (c) SRGC (d) SCRG
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Seven Wise (b) Wise Seven Eat Nani (c) Eat Seven Wise Nani (d) Nani Eat Seven Wise
5. 5.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Every (b) Every Cook Pink Cats (c) Cook Every Pink Cats (d) Cook Pink Cats Every
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
9. 9.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, candle, urn, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCUG (b) CUGT (c) GUCT (d) CTUG
14. 14.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 760963998172. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7609 6399 81772 (b) 7609 6399 8127 (c) 7606 3998 172 (d) 7609 6399 8172
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, doll, wallet, tomato, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDWTN (b) NTWDL (c) DWTNL (d) DLWTN
19. 19.✏️ 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) Every Lazy Pink All (d) Lazy Every Pink All
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, mirror, key? (a) My Kind Vans (b) My Vans Kind (c) Kind My Vans (d) Vans My Kind
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Seven (b) Seven Wins Green (c) Wins Seven Green (d) Wins Green Seven
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🧰 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 rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Silly (b) Wise Goats Silly (c) Silly Wise Goats (d) Wise Silly Goats
29. 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 443270161. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 443 207 161 (b) 444 327 0161 (c) 443 270 161 (d) 443 270 61
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wins Neat (b) Neat Every Seven Wins (c) Every Neat Seven Wins (d) Wins Seven Every Neat
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, flute, orange, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FOBI (b) FIOB (c) IFOB (d) BOFI
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 479740783415. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4974 0783 415 (b) 4797 4078 3145 (c) 4797 4078 34115 (d) 4797 4078 3415
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cook Eat (b) Crazy Eat Pink Cook (c) Eat Crazy Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Crazy Eat
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, frog, van? (a) Fly Very Cook (b) Fly Cook Very (c) Very Fly Cook (d) Cook Fly Very

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