Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 215 · 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 acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
2. 2.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ladder, banana, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBSW (b) SBLW (c) LWBS (d) WLBS
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
5. 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cats Eat (b) Eat Cook Pink Cats (c) Cook Eat Pink Cats (d) Cats Pink Cook Eat
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
12. 12.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 136726191. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 136 726 11 (b) 136 672 6191 (c) 136 726 119 (d) 136 726 191
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 708212619. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 708 212 169 (b) 708 821 2619 (c) 708 212 619 (d) 708 212 19
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, owl, spoon, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSOW (b) WOSC (c) OSCW (d) OWSC
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eight Seven Wins (b) Eight Seven Wins Neat (c) Eight Neat Seven Wins (d) Wins Seven Eight Neat
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Cats Pink (b) Cats Every Pink Cats (c) Cats Pink Cats Every (d) Every Cats Pink Cats
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Ants Jeeps (b) Funny Jeeps My Ants (c) Jeeps Funny My Ants (d) Ants My Funny Jeeps
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 970200074905. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9072 0007 4905 (b) 9720 0074 905 (c) 9770 2000 74905 (d) 9702 0007 4905
28. 28.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 281709715117. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2817 0977 15117 (b) 2817 0971 5117 (c) 2817 0791 5117 (d) 2870 9715 117
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 377862336. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 377 826 336 (b) 377 786 2336 (c) 377 862 336 (d) 377 823 36
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, umpire, watch, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UBWT (b) TWUB (c) UWTB (d) BUWT
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, umpire, needle? (a) Ants Uncle Nani (b) Uncle Nani Ants (c) Uncle Ants Nani (d) Nani Uncle Ants
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 828265223. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 828 265 2233 (b) 828 265 223 (c) 828 262 523 (d) 828 265 23
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 459108236. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 459 108 2236 (b) 459 108 236 (c) 459 018 236 (d) 459 108 23
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 774584187. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 774 584 18 (b) 774 584 187 (c) 774 558 4187 (d) 774 854 187
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 848050785. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 848 005 785 (b) 848 050 785 (c) 848 055 0785 (d) 480 507 85
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
39. 39.🧰 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
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym

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