Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 272 · 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: ant, ice cream, frog? (a) Aunty Inside Funny (b) Inside Aunty Funny (c) Inside Funny Aunty (d) Funny Inside Aunty
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, urn, coconut? (a) Uncle Dogs Crazy (b) Crazy Uncle Dogs (c) Uncle Crazy Dogs (d) Dogs Uncle Crazy
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 469193109551. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4691 9331 09551 (b) 4691 9310 9515 (c) 4691 9310 955 (d) 4691 9310 9551
6. 6.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
8. 8.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
11. 11.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Every Sing Wins (b) Every Sing Wins Nani (c) Every Nani Sing Wins (d) Wins Sing Every Nani
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 190461960208. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1990 4619 60208 (b) 1904 6196 028 (c) 1904 6196 2008 (d) 1904 6196 0208
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, ball, doll? (a) Big Owls Dogs (b) Big Dogs Owls (c) Owls Big Dogs (d) Dogs Big Owls
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cook Eat (b) Cook Eat Pigs Cook (c) Eat Cook Cook Pigs (d) Eat Cook Pigs Cook
17. 17.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 632208869. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 632 208 869 (b) 632 088 69 (c) 632 208 8869 (d) 632 208 896
19. 19.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
21. 21.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
23. 23.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Play Crazy (b) Cook Eat Play Crazy (c) Crazy Play Cook Eat (d) Cook Play Crazy Eat
27. 27.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, flute, mango? (a) Mum Frogs Bunny (b) Frogs Mum Bunny (c) Frogs Bunny Mum (d) Bunny Frogs Mum
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, jug, rope, fan, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRFMA (b) MFRJA (c) AJRFM (d) JARFM
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Eight Neat (b) Neat Eight Seven Wet (c) Eight Neat Seven Wet (d) Eight Seven Wet Neat
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 401319467. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 401 319 467 (b) 440 131 9467 (c) 413 194 67 (d) 401 139 467
32. 32.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, whistle, owl, coconut, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCOWG (b) WGOCK (c) WOCKG (d) GWOCK
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 428378510. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 428 337 8510 (b) 482 378 510 (c) 428 378 510 (d) 283 785 10
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
37. 37.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Funny My All (b) Funny My All Jeeps (c) All My Funny Jeeps (d) Funny Jeeps My All
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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