Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 268 · 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 oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, inkpot, nest, orange, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VONIA (b) AINOV (c) INOVA (d) IANOV
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 805830618320. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8053 8061 8320 (b) 8058 3061 83320 (c) 8058 3061 8320 (d) 8083 0618 320
5. 5.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 442707218. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 442 702 18 (b) 442 707 218 (c) 442 770 7218 (d) 442 077 218
8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 338307772940. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3338 0777 2940 (b) 3830 7772 940 (c) 3383 3077 72940 (d) 3383 0777 2940
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, kite, doll? (a) Kids Jolly Dance (b) Dance Kids Jolly (c) Jolly Kids Dance (d) Kids Dance Jolly
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Seven Wins Goats
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 251307796. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 251 307 769 (b) 251 307 796 (c) 251 307 79 (d) 251 330 7796
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
15. 15.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, key, ladder? (a) Kids Owls Lazy (b) Kids Lazy Owls (c) Owls Kids Lazy (d) Lazy Kids Owls
19. 19.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 280866127. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 280 866 1227 (b) 280 861 27 (c) 280 866 127 (d) 280 866 172
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pigs Lions Every (b) Lions Every Pigs All (c) Lions Pigs All Every (d) Every Lions Pigs All
25. 25.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 109334981. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 109 334 98 (b) 109 334 918 (c) 109 334 4981 (d) 109 334 981
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, mirror, drum? (a) Runs Mice Dance (b) Mice Runs Dance (c) Mice Dance Runs (d) Dance Mice Runs
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Seven (b) Green Wise Seven (c) Wise Seven Green (d) Seven Wise Green
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wise Neat (b) Wise Silly Every Neat (c) Neat Every Silly Wise (d) Every Neat Silly Wise
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Pigs All (b) Every Lazy Pigs All (c) All Pigs Lazy Every (d) Lazy Pigs All Every
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, apple, goat? (a) Ants Green Ice (b) Green Ants Ice (c) Ice Ants Green (d) Ants Ice Green
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 173462518. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 173 462 581 (b) 173 462 518 (c) 174 625 18 (d) 117 346 2518
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 458800231289. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4588 0023 1289 (b) 4588 0023 2189 (c) 5880 0231 289 (d) 4588 0023 31289
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, ball, flute? (a) Funny Bunny Cats (b) Bunny Cats Funny (c) Bunny Funny Cats (d) Cats Bunny Funny
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 755258619. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 755 225 8619 (b) 755 528 619 (c) 755 258 619 (d) 552 586 19

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