Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 136 · 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 acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
2. 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, urn, ball? (a) Uncle Frogs Bunny (b) Bunny Uncle Frogs (c) Uncle Bunny Frogs (d) Frogs Uncle Bunny
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 161533565776. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1615 3356 65776 (b) 1613 5356 5776 (c) 1615 3355 776 (d) 1615 3356 5776
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, banana, igloo, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWIG (b) WBIG (c) GIBW (d) BIGW
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, rose, onion, drum, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDORI (b) IRODV (c) RIODV (d) RODVI
12. 12.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 487525404119. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4875 2540 4119 (b) 4875 2540 41199 (c) 4875 2544 0119 (d) 4852 5404 119
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 744381566. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 744 381 566 (b) 744 831 566 (c) 744 381 5666 (d) 744 381 56
15. 15.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eight Sing Wet (b) Wet Sing Eight Neat (c) Eight Sing Wet Neat (d) Eight Neat Sing Wet
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, radio, umpire? (a) Vans Rani Up (b) Rani Vans Up (c) Up Rani Vans (d) Rani Up Vans
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
20. 20.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, kettle, ant, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGAN (b) KANG (c) GKAN (d) NAKG
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, anchor, net, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNAG (b) ANCG (c) GANC (d) AGNC
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 960492566794. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9604 9256 7694 (b) 9604 9256 6794 (c) 9049 2566 794 (d) 9960 4925 66794
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, ball, igloo? (a) Big Inside Jump (b) Inside Big Jump (c) Big Jump Inside (d) Jump Big Inside
27. 27.🧰 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) chunking (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 847201889778. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8472 0188 97788 (b) 8472 0188 778 (c) 8472 0188 9778 (d) 8742 0188 9778
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 326058823. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 332 605 8823 (b) 326 058 832 (c) 260 588 23 (d) 326 058 823
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Every Nani (b) Every Nani Sing Wise (c) Nani Every Sing Wise (d) Every Sing Wise Nani
31. 31.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 701448360. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 701 483 60 (b) 704 148 360 (c) 701 444 8360 (d) 701 448 360
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 565192414. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 561 592 414 (b) 565 192 414 (c) 561 924 14 (d) 565 192 4414
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 196096120. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 119 609 6120 (b) 196 096 120 (c) 196 096 102 (d) 196 061 20
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 194122520. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 194 125 20 (b) 194 125 220 (c) 119 412 2520 (d) 194 122 520

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