Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 207 · 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: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, drum, spoon? (a) Neat Dogs Seven (b) Dogs Neat Seven (c) Seven Dogs Neat (d) Dogs Seven Neat
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Pink Cats (b) Cats Eat Pink Cats (c) Cats Pink Cats Eat (d) Eat Cats Cats Pink
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, monkey, sock, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSGB (b) MBSG (c) BMSG (d) GSMB
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, igloo, drum, monkey, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ISDMO (b) OMDIS (c) IDMOS (d) SIDMO
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 4411112453. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 441 111 2453 (b) 441 112 1453 (c) 441 112 453 (d) 441 111 12453
9. 9.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 316069858. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 310 698 58 (b) 316 066 9858 (c) 310 669 858 (d) 316 069 858
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, kite, tiger, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJTB (b) KTBJ (c) BTKJ (d) JKTB
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 952245820186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9524 5820 186 (b) 9522 4582 00186 (c) 9522 4582 0168 (d) 9522 4582 0186
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
25. 25.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, net, coconut, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCNU (b) NCTU (c) NUCT (d) UNCT
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Funny My Aunty (b) Funny Jump My Aunty (c) Aunty My Funny Jump (d) Funny My Aunty Jump
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 425613119. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 425 613 119 (b) 425 613 1119 (c) 425 611 319 (d) 425 131 19
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lazy Play All (b) Lazy Eight Play All (c) Lazy Play All Eight (d) All Play Lazy Eight
32. 32.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 906689797. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 906 689 79 (b) 906 689 7797 (c) 906 689 797 (d) 960 689 797
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, ball, radio? (a) Rani Bunny Mice (b) Bunny Mice Rani (c) Mice Bunny Rani (d) Bunny Rani Mice
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, watch, drum? (a) Wise Dance Goats (b) Dance Wise Goats (c) Wise Goats Dance (d) Goats Wise Dance
38. 38.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 1895811289. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 958 11289 (b) 189 581 129 (c) 198 581 1289 (d) 189 581 1289

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