Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 225 · 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: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 9484970219. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 948 490 219 (b) 948 497 0219 (c) 948 947 0219 (d) 944 849 70219
6. 6.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
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: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, ice cream, cat? (a) Cook Ice Grab (b) Grab Ice Cook (c) Ice Grab Cook (d) Ice Cook Grab
11. 11.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 712137864320. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7112 3786 4320 (b) 7121 3784 320 (c) 7121 3788 64320 (d) 7121 3786 4320
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Love Eat (b) Love Play Aunty Eat (c) Eat Love Play Aunty (d) Love Eat Play Aunty
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, tiger, jalebi? (a) Toys Jeeps Green (b) Green Toys Jeeps (c) Jeeps Toys Green (d) Toys Green Jeeps
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 this list, in order: tomato, urn, ant? (a) Up Aunty Tea (b) Up Tea Aunty (c) Aunty Up Tea (d) Tea Up Aunty
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, ball, onion, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) POBU (b) BOPU (c) BUOP (d) UBOP
23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a long story
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 8651036066. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 865 036 066 (b) 865 103 6066 (c) 865 103 6606 (d) 865 510 36066
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Silly Love Frogs (b) Silly Rani Love Frogs (c) Silly Love Frogs Rani (d) Frogs Love Silly Rani
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 2288469393. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 228 844 69393 (b) 228 846 9393 (c) 228 469 393 (d) 228 846 9339
28. 28.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 958046255. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 958 046 6255 (b) 958 046 25 (c) 958 046 525 (d) 958 046 255
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 729105951. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 772 910 5951 (b) 729 150 951 (c) 729 059 51 (d) 729 105 951
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 5616166748. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 561 616 6478 (b) 516 166 748 (c) 561 616 6748 (d) 561 616 66748
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 8212231576. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 821 223 157 (b) 821 223 1576 (c) 821 222 31576 (d) 812 223 1576
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, needle, lemon, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLNG (b) NLJG (c) NGLJ (d) GNLJ
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, doll, fan? (a) Dad Inside Fly (b) Dad Fly Inside (c) Inside Dad Fly (d) Fly Dad Inside
37. 37.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
38. 38.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 221889600260. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2218 9600 260 (b) 2218 8960 0620 (c) 2218 8960 02660 (d) 2218 8960 0260
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Play Aunty (b) Lazy Play Aunty Eight (c) Eight Lazy Play Aunty (d) Aunty Play Lazy Eight

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