Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 212 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, banana, needle? (a) Big Nine Owls (b) Big Owls Nine (c) Nine Big Owls (d) Owls Big Nine
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, drum, tent? (a) Nine Dad Tea (b) Dad Nine Tea (c) Tea Dad Nine (d) Dad Tea Nine
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 333229636. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 332 329 636 (b) 333 229 636 (c) 333 229 6336 (d) 332 296 36
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.🧰 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
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 1775174712. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 175 174 712 (b) 177 517 4712 (c) 177 517 7412 (d) 177 517 47112
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 100716789882. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1007 1768 9882 (b) 1007 1678 99882 (c) 0071 6789 882 (d) 1007 1678 9882
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, pillow, kite? (a) Pink Kind Seven (b) Kind Pink Seven (c) Seven Pink Kind (d) Pink Seven Kind
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, watch, violin? (a) Wise Vines Cats (b) Wise Cats Vines (c) Vines Wise Cats (d) Cats Wise Vines
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, net, whistle? (a) Wet Nani Seven (b) Nani Seven Wet (c) Nani Wet Seven (d) Seven Nani Wet
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, jeep, ladder, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLFK (b) JKLF (c) FLJK (d) KJLF
14. 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, cat, apple, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CAVU (b) CUAV (c) UCAV (d) VACU
17. 17.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 690499589. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 690 949 589 (b) 690 499 9589 (c) 690 499 59 (d) 690 499 589
20. 20.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Crazy Every (b) Every Crazy Crazy Pigs (c) Crazy Every Pigs Crazy (d) Every Crazy Pigs Crazy
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Frogs Jeeps (b) Frogs Jeeps My Aunty (c) Frogs My Aunty Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs My Aunty
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, inkpot, apple, mango, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRAMW (b) WMAIR (c) RIAMW (d) IAMWR
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 9996995558. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 999 699 5558 (b) 999 969 5558 (c) 999 699 558 (d) 999 699 55558
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 939048309. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 390 483 09 (b) 930 948 309 (c) 933 904 8309 (d) 939 048 309
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, needle, pillow, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANPF (b) NAPF (c) FPNA (d) NPFA
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, jalebi, frog, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWFR (b) RFJW (c) WJFR (d) JFRW
32. 32.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, kite, rose? (a) Kind Runs Pink (b) Kind Pink Runs (c) Runs Kind Pink (d) Pink Kind Runs
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, goat, parrot? (a) Play Goats Big (b) Goats Play Big (c) Big Goats Play (d) Goats Big Play
36. 36.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 682887758910. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6828 8775 8910 (b) 6828 8778 5910 (c) 6828 8775 89110 (d) 6828 7758 910
38. 38.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
40. 40.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book

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