Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 237 · 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.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eight Seven Wet (b) Eight Nine Seven Wet (c) Wet Seven Eight Nine (d) Eight Seven Wet Nine
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 800626272045. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8006 2627 2045 (b) 8006 2627 20445 (c) 8060 2627 2045 (d) 8006 2627 045
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, drum, parrot, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DPUS (b) DSPU (c) SDPU (d) UPDS
8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Lions Funny (b) Silly Lions Funny Runs (c) Funny Lions Silly Runs (d) Runs Silly Lions Funny
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 7877741286. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 787 774 1286 (b) 787 777 41286 (c) 877 774 1286 (d) 777 741 286
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, cat, guava, ant, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OAGCS (b) CGAOS (c) SCGAO (d) CSGAO
13. 13.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 4061640513. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 406 164 0513 (b) 406 164 40513 (c) 406 164 051 (d) 401 664 0513
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 833671258. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 833 671 2258 (b) 833 672 58 (c) 833 671 258 (d) 836 371 258
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, orange, shoe, jug, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GJSOI (b) OISJG (c) OSJGI (d) IOSJG
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
19. 19.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Silly (b) Wise Silly Goats (c) Wise Goats Silly (d) Silly Wise Goats
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, spoon, lemon, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFLI (b) FSLI (c) ILSF (d) SLIF
23. 23.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, lamp, vase? (a) Love Vines Uncle (b) Love Uncle Vines (c) Vines Love Uncle (d) Uncle Love Vines
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 8852764819. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 885 276 419 (b) 885 267 4819 (c) 885 276 4819 (d) 885 227 64819
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
31. 31.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, candle, kite? (a) Crazy Frogs Kind (b) Kind Crazy Frogs (c) Crazy Kind Frogs (d) Frogs Crazy Kind
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eat (b) Crazy Eat Play Cats (c) Crazy Play Cats Eat (d) Eat Crazy Play Cats
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 444434118. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 444 341 18 (b) 444 434 1118 (c) 444 434 118 (d) 444 434 181
35. 35.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, violin, banana? (a) Very Silly Bakes (b) Bakes Very Silly (c) Very Bakes Silly (d) Silly Very Bakes
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, glass, flute? (a) Goats Frogs Kites (b) Frogs Goats Kites (c) Kites Goats Frogs (d) Goats Kites Frogs
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lions Play Ants (b) Lions Play Ants Eat (c) Lions Eat Play Ants (d) Ants Play Lions Eat
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, violin, pillow? (a) Very Pink Fly (b) Fly Very Pink (c) Pink Very Fly (d) Very Fly Pink

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