Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 169 · 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.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, net, doll? (a) Nani Dogs Frogs (b) Nani Frogs Dogs (c) Dogs Nani Frogs (d) Frogs Nani Dogs
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
5. 5.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Eight (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Eight (c) Crazy Eight Pigs Cats (d) Eight Crazy Pigs Cats
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 9188525575. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 918 582 5575 (b) 918 852 55575 (c) 918 525 575 (d) 918 852 5575
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 9116857493. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 911 685 7493 (b) 911 685 74993 (c) 916 857 493 (d) 911 687 5493
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
13. 13.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
15. 15.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 735834919. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 735 834 4919 (b) 738 349 19 (c) 735 834 919 (d) 735 834 199
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, banana, umbrella? (a) Bunny Nani Uncle (b) Bunny Uncle Nani (c) Uncle Bunny Nani (d) Nani Bunny Uncle
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
22. 22.🧰 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
23. 23.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny Mum Ants (b) Funny Jolly Mum Ants (c) Ants Mum Funny Jolly (d) Funny Mum Ants Jolly
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 146648495. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 416 648 495 (b) 114 664 8495 (c) 146 648 495 (d) 146 484 95
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Every Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Every Nine (c) Every Sing Wise Nine (d) Every Nine Sing Wise
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, sock, jeep, monkey, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIJMV (b) VMJSI (c) ISJMV (d) SJMVI
28. 28.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 892695744165. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8926 9574 4156 (b) 8269 5744 165 (c) 8926 6957 44165 (d) 8926 9574 4165
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, needle, ladder? (a) Toys Nine Lazy (b) Lazy Nine Toys (c) Nine Toys Lazy (d) Nine Lazy Toys
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 283617571017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2836 1757 1017 (b) 2836 1757 10117 (c) 2831 7571 017 (d) 2831 6757 1017
33. 33.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 6604347353. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 660 434 73553 (b) 660 434 7353 (c) 660 434 753 (d) 660 434 7533
35. 35.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wet Nani (b) Eat Nani Silly Wet (c) Nani Eat Silly Wet (d) Wet Silly Eat Nani
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, lemon, whistle? (a) Lions Up Wet (b) Up Lions Wet (c) Lions Wet Up (d) Wet Lions Up
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 843253430279. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8432 5343 30279 (b) 8432 5343 0279 (c) 8432 3430 279 (d) 8435 2343 0279
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Lazy Frogs (b) Frogs Lazy Seven Rani (c) Seven Lazy Frogs Rani (d) Rani Seven Lazy Frogs

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