Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 134 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mice Aunty (b) Frogs Mice Aunty Jeeps (c) Aunty Mice Frogs Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs Mice Aunty
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, rope, whistle? (a) Wet Rani My (b) Rani Wet My (c) My Rani Wet (d) Rani My Wet
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 1075246774. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 107 524 6774 (b) 107 524 674 (c) 017 524 6774 (d) 107 552 46774
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 656160071. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 656 610 071 (b) 656 160 07 (c) 656 160 071 (d) 656 160 0771
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 7519547906. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 751 594 7906 (b) 751 954 706 (c) 751 954 79006 (d) 751 954 7906
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 610815410298. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6108 1541 0298 (b) 1608 1541 0298 (c) 6108 1541 298 (d) 6108 1541 02988
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 2632213527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 263 221 352 (b) 263 221 3527 (c) 263 221 3572 (d) 263 221 33527
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
17. 17.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, anchor, goat, ice cream, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RIGAT (b) ATGIR (c) AGIRT (d) TAGIR
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 123511886. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 123 511 886 (b) 125 118 86 (c) 213 511 886 (d) 122 351 1886
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 130316283. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 130 316 23 (b) 133 016 283 (c) 130 331 6283 (d) 130 316 283
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Silly Lazy Fly (b) Silly Rani Lazy Fly (c) Fly Lazy Silly Rani (d) Silly Lazy Fly Rani
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
28. 28.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, wallet, kettle? (a) Kids Wet Rani (b) Wet Kids Rani (c) Rani Wet Kids (d) Wet Rani Kids
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
34. 34.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mice Fly Jolly (b) Fly Mice Aunty Jolly (c) Jolly Fly Mice Aunty (d) Fly Jolly Mice Aunty
36. 36.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, drum, lamp? (a) Dad Very Lazy (b) Very Dad Lazy (c) Lazy Dad Very (d) Dad Lazy Very
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, mirror, sock, orange, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MRSOL (b) LOSMR (c) MSOLR (d) RMSOL
40. 40.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word

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