Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 259 · 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: mango, guava, kettle? (a) Kids Goats Mice (b) Mice Goats Kids (c) Goats Mice Kids (d) Goats Kids Mice
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.🔤 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
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Silly (b) Silly Wins Goats (c) Wins Goats Silly (d) Wins Silly Goats
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, orange, inkpot? (a) Owls Bakes Ice (b) Bakes Owls Ice (c) Owls Ice Bakes (d) Ice Owls Bakes
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, goat, doll, owl, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGDOB (b) GDOBC (c) BODGC (d) GCDOB
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 571284885. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 571 284 8855 (b) 571 284 85 (c) 572 184 885 (d) 571 284 885
12. 12.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
13. 13.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, mirror, duck, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBDS (b) BMDS (c) MDSB (d) SDMB
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, flute, parrot, cat, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSPCU (b) UCPFS (c) FPCUS (d) SFPCU
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 188171896. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 817 1896 (b) 181 871 896 (c) 188 171 896 (d) 188 171 89
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eight Nine (b) Eight Sing Wise Nine (c) Eight Nine Sing Wise (d) Nine Eight Sing Wise
19. 19.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
21. 21.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 350039581. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 350 039 5881 (b) 350 039 581 (c) 350 093 581 (d) 350 039 51
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 524760103. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 524 760 1033 (b) 524 760 103 (c) 527 601 03 (d) 527 460 103
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 2330582126. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 233 058 2162 (b) 233 058 2126 (c) 233 052 126 (d) 233 058 21226
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 453900155. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 435 900 155 (b) 453 900 155 (c) 453 900 15 (d) 453 390 0155
27. 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, jeep, cat? (a) Crazy Jeeps Red (b) Red Jeeps Crazy (c) Jeeps Red Crazy (d) Jeeps Crazy Red
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 663328693150. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6363 2869 3150 (b) 6633 2869 350 (c) 6633 3286 93150 (d) 6633 2869 3150
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, sock, ladder? (a) Wise Sing Lions (b) Sing Wise Lions (c) Sing Lions Wise (d) Lions Sing Wise
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 275244273109. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2752 4427 31099 (b) 2752 4427 3109 (c) 2752 4423 109 (d) 2572 4427 3109
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, monkey, ladder, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLMV (b) MLFV (c) VMLF (d) MVLF
36. 36.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 286237117253. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2862 3711 7253 (b) 2862 3171 7253 (c) 2862 3711 253 (d) 2862 3711 17253
38. 38.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, kite, sock? (a) Kids Bunny Seven (b) Kids Seven Bunny (c) Seven Kids Bunny (d) Bunny Kids Seven
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Fly My All (b) All My Fly Jolly (c) Fly My All Jolly (d) Fly Jolly My All

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