Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 185 · 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: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 999699023223. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9996 9903 223 (b) 9996 9902 3232 (c) 9996 9902 3223 (d) 9996 6990 23223
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 690022536. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 690 022 5536 (b) 960 022 536 (c) 690 225 36 (d) 690 022 536
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 7946794560. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 794 679 45600 (b) 794 697 4560 (c) 794 679 4560 (d) 796 794 560
11. 11.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
14. 14.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 240443393492. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2404 4339 3492 (b) 2404 4393 3492 (c) 4044 3393 492 (d) 2440 4433 93492
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, spoon, kite? (a) Jump Sing Kites (b) Kites Sing Jump (c) Sing Kites Jump (d) Sing Jump Kites
19. 19.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
20. 20.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 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) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, pencil, whistle? (a) Play Wise Cook (b) Play Cook Wise (c) Cook Play Wise (d) Wise Play Cook
30. 30.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, guava, rose, owl, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AORGC (b) GROAC (c) CGROA (d) GCROA
33. 33.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Pigs Cats (c) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat (d) Crazy Eat Pigs Cats
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 711204412. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 711 204 412 (b) 112 044 12 (c) 711 204 421 (d) 771 120 4412
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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