Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 133 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
2. 2.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nine Seven Wise (b) Wise Seven Eight Nine (c) Nine Eight Seven Wise (d) Eight Seven Wise Nine
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, umpire, banana, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UOBA (b) ABUO (c) UBAO (d) OUBA
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 478161113. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 478 161 1133 (b) 478 161 113 (c) 478 161 131 (d) 481 611 13
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Play Crazy (b) Eat Crazy Crazy Play (c) Crazy Play Crazy Eat (d) Eat Crazy Play Crazy
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 420772066. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 420 772 066 (b) 420 770 66 (c) 420 772 0066 (d) 420 770 266
10. 10.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Sing (b) Wins Sing Goats (c) Sing Wins Goats (d) Goats Wins Sing
13. 13.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, guava, wallet, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGWL (b) GUWL (c) LWGU (d) GWLU
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 8890864469. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 889 008 64469 (b) 889 086 4469 (c) 889 086 4649 (d) 889 864 469
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 221358871. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 222 135 8871 (b) 223 588 71 (c) 221 358 871 (d) 212 358 871
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 456006095729. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5460 0609 5729 (b) 4560 0609 5729 (c) 4560 0609 57229 (d) 4600 6095 729
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Wise Seven Grab (d) Seven Wise Grab
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
21. 21.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 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
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, whistle, net? (a) Wet Aunty Nine (b) Nine Wet Aunty (c) Wet Nine Aunty (d) Aunty Wet Nine
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 2100915520. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 210 091 5520 (b) 210 091 520 (c) 210 091 5250 (d) 210 091 55520
28. 28.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, ladder, spoon? (a) Seven Lazy Mum (b) Lazy Seven Mum (c) Mum Lazy Seven (d) Lazy Mum Seven
30. 30.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, urn, lamp, pillow, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULPCD (b) CPLUD (c) UDLPC (d) DULPC
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, tomato, mango, vase, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTMVW (b) WVMTB (c) TMVWB (d) TBMVW
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, tomato, ant, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCAB (b) CTAB (c) TABC (d) BATC
36. 36.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, jalebi, pencil? (a) Only Jolly Pink (b) Jolly Only Pink (c) Pink Jolly Only (d) Jolly Pink Only
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eat Nani (b) Eat Sing Wise Nani (c) Nani Eat Sing Wise (d) Eat Nani Sing Wise
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, duck, candle? (a) Crazy Dogs Nine (b) Dogs Crazy Nine (c) Nine Dogs Crazy (d) Dogs Nine Crazy

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