Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 163 · 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) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 417956561146. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4179 5656 1146 (b) 4719 5656 1146 (c) 1795 6561 146 (d) 4179 5656 11446
3. 3.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
5. 5.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum Aunty Jolly (b) Aunty Mum Funny Jolly (c) Funny Jolly Mum Aunty (d) Jolly Funny Mum Aunty
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 259468286077. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2594 6822 86077 (b) 2549 6828 6077 (c) 2594 6828 6077 (d) 2594 6886 077
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 6283495630. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 628 395 630 (b) 628 349 5603 (c) 628 349 95630 (d) 628 349 5630
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Eat Pigs Crazy (c) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eat (d) Eat Crazy Crazy Pigs
13. 13.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 608828373566. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6088 2837 3566 (b) 6088 2833 73566 (c) 6088 2833 7566 (d) 6088 2837 366
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lions Seven Runs (b) Seven Runs Lions Frogs (c) Runs Seven Lions Frogs (d) Seven Lions Frogs Runs
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 2097959324. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 979 59324 (b) 209 759 9324 (c) 209 759 324 (d) 209 795 9324
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Every Nine (b) Every Silly Wise Nine (c) Nine Every Silly Wise (d) Every Nine Silly Wise
26. 26.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
28. 28.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Love Every (b) Every Love Pink Aunty (c) Love Every Pink Aunty (d) Love Pink Aunty Every
30. 30.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, mirror, ladder, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VLMP (b) MLVP (c) PMLV (d) MPLV
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 212215732059. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2122 1573 205 (b) 2212 1573 2059 (c) 2122 1573 2059 (d) 2122 2157 32059
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pigs Cats (b) Every Cook Pigs Cats (c) Cook Pigs Cats Every (d) Cats Pigs Cook Every
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, monkey, fan? (a) Ice My Funny (b) My Ice Funny (c) My Funny Ice (d) Funny My Ice
38. 38.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
40. 40.🧰 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

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