Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 251 · 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 a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
2. 2.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
6. 6.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, ice cream, ball? (a) Ice Pigs Bakes (b) Ice Bakes Pigs (c) Bakes Ice Pigs (d) Pigs Ice Bakes
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (b) Cats Eight Pink Crazy (c) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (d) Eight Cats Pink Crazy
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, inkpot, violin, rose, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIVRL (b) IVRLS (c) LRVIS (d) ISVRL
10. 10.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Seven (b) Wise Green Seven (c) Wise Seven Green (d) Seven Wise Green
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lazy Funny Rani (b) Rani Sing Lazy Funny (c) Funny Lazy Sing Rani (d) Sing Rani Lazy Funny
13. 13.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, glass, ant, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CAGU (b) GACU (c) UGAC (d) GUAC
15. 15.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 2204692415. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 220 492 415 (b) 220 462 9415 (c) 220 469 2415 (d) 220 466 92415
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 876950683. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 876 950 638 (b) 769 506 83 (c) 877 695 0683 (d) 876 950 683
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 751353285. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 513 532 85 (b) 751 353 825 (c) 751 353 2285 (d) 751 353 285
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Pink Cats (b) Cook Eight Pink Cats (c) Cook Pink Cats Eight (d) Cats Pink Cook Eight
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 227837070. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 227 837 070 (b) 227 837 700 (c) 222 783 7070 (d) 227 830 70
28. 28.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
29. 29.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
37. 37.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 640501034. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 460 501 034 (b) 640 501 1034 (c) 640 500 34 (d) 640 501 034
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, glass, wallet? (a) Green All Wet (b) Wet Green All (c) All Green Wet (d) Green Wet All
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 9922052085. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 992 025 2085 (b) 992 052 085 (c) 999 220 52085 (d) 992 205 2085

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