Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 178 · 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 rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, ladder, radio? (a) Lazy Pink Rani (b) Pink Lazy Rani (c) Rani Lazy Pink (d) Lazy Rani Pink
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, candle, ant? (a) Ants Cook Very (b) Cook Ants Very (c) Very Cook Ants (d) Cook Very Ants
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, parrot, guava? (a) Green Pigs Nine (b) Pigs Green Nine (c) Pigs Nine Green (d) Nine Pigs Green
5. 5.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
9. 9.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
11. 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 237987824. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 327 987 824 (b) 237 987 7824 (c) 237 987 824 (d) 239 878 24
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, drum, watch, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDWR (b) DJWR (c) RWDJ (d) DWRJ
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, anchor, pillow? (a) Ants Pigs Neat (b) Ants Neat Pigs (c) Pigs Ants Neat (d) Neat Ants Pigs
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 439080017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 430 980 017 (b) 439 080 017 (c) 390 800 17 (d) 433 908 0017
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 489906694. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 489 906 694 (b) 489 096 694 (c) 489 906 94 (d) 489 906 6694
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 684222729. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 684 222 7729 (b) 684 222 279 (c) 684 222 29 (d) 684 222 729
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 451031231. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 455 103 1231 (b) 451 312 31 (c) 451 031 231 (d) 450 131 231
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2302902831. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 230 290 2831 (b) 230 290 231 (c) 230 209 2831 (d) 230 029 02831
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Lions Frogs (b) Rani Sing Lions Frogs (c) Frogs Lions Sing Rani (d) Sing Lions Frogs Rani
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 945212890893. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9451 2289 0893 (b) 9452 1290 893 (c) 9455 2128 90893 (d) 9452 1289 0893
24. 24.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 506299101. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 562 991 01 (b) 506 299 101 (c) 506 629 9101 (d) 506 291 901
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
29. 29.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
32. 32.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 763027506. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 736 027 506 (b) 763 027 506 (c) 776 302 7506 (d) 763 075 06
35. 35.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Play Cook (b) Cats Play Cook Every (c) Cook Play Cats Every (d) Every Cats Play Cook
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 597221496. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 572 214 96 (b) 597 221 496 (c) 579 221 496 (d) 597 222 1496
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 558943771527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5589 4377 127 (b) 5589 4377 1527 (c) 5598 4377 1527 (d) 5589 4377 71527
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, needle, whistle, ball, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNWBK (b) NGWBK (c) KBWNG (d) NWBKG
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym

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