Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 143 · 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: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
3. 3.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 584399411. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 558 439 9411 (b) 584 399 411 (c) 854 399 411 (d) 584 394 11
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, apple, mirror? (a) All Mice Bakes (b) Bakes All Mice (c) All Bakes Mice (d) Mice All Bakes
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, frog, rope? (a) Rani Funny Green (b) Green Funny Rani (c) Funny Green Rani (d) Funny Rani Green
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, apple, needle, candle, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANCSV (b) SCNAV (c) VANCS (d) AVNCS
11. 11.🔤 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
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Pink Crazy (b) Cook Every Pink Crazy (c) Crazy Pink Cook Every (d) Cook Pink Crazy Every
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 3459359270. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 345 935 270 (b) 345 933 59270 (c) 345 935 9270 (d) 345 395 9270
15. 15.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
16. 16.🔤 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
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 719273291. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 192 732 91 (b) 719 272 391 (c) 719 927 3291 (d) 719 273 291
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, violin, drum? (a) Dogs Vans Silly (b) Silly Vans Dogs (c) Vans Silly Dogs (d) Vans Dogs Silly
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, kite, ball? (a) Big Kites Love (b) Kites Big Love (c) Love Kites Big (d) Kites Love Big
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 208107214. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 208 107 7214 (b) 208 072 14 (c) 208 170 214 (d) 208 107 214
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
22. 22.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Seven (b) Wet Green Seven (c) Seven Wet Green (d) Wet Seven Green
24. 24.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, jug, apple? (a) Ants Jolly Cook (b) Jolly Cook Ants (c) Cook Jolly Ants (d) Jolly Ants Cook
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wise Nine (b) Wise Sing Every Nine (c) Every Nine Sing Wise (d) Nine Every Sing Wise
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Love Eat (b) Love Pink Ants Eat (c) Eat Love Pink Ants (d) Love Eat Pink Ants
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, pillow, ant? (a) Pink Aunty Cats (b) Cats Pink Aunty (c) Pink Cats Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Cats
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 204795935873. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2074 9593 5873 (b) 2047 9593 58733 (c) 2047 9593 5873 (d) 2047 9593 587
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, urn, tomato, lamp, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MUTLF (b) UMTLF (c) FLTUM (d) UTLFM
34. 34.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
36. 36.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
38. 38.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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