Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 279 · 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.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 4593000254. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 459 300 02254 (b) 459 300 0254 (c) 459 300 2054 (d) 459 300 054
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 354245954. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 354 254 954 (b) 354 245 5954 (c) 354 245 954 (d) 354 249 54
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Seven (b) Seven Wet Green (c) Wet Seven Green (d) Green Wet Seven
7. 7.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 252631328118. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2526 6313 28118 (b) 2526 3132 8118 (c) 2526 3132 818 (d) 2526 3312 8118
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, drum, ice cream? (a) Ice Dad Crazy (b) Dad Crazy Ice (c) Crazy Dad Ice (d) Dad Ice Crazy
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 442285777615. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4422 8577 77615 (b) 4422 5877 7615 (c) 4422 8577 7615 (d) 4422 8577 761
12. 12.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 7291756722. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 729 175 6722 (b) 279 175 6722 (c) 729 175 67222 (d) 729 175 722
14. 14.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, pillow, candle? (a) Pigs Jump Crazy (b) Jump Pigs Crazy (c) Pigs Crazy Jump (d) Crazy Pigs Jump
16. 16.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 779779995. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 779 977 9995 (b) 779 779 959 (c) 779 779 995 (d) 779 779 95
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Cook Play (b) Every Cook Play Cook (c) Cook Play Cook Every (d) Cook Every Play Cook
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, tomato, inkpot, candle, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCITV (b) TICUV (c) VTICU (d) TVICU
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pink Ants Every (b) Ants Pink Lions Every (c) Lions Every Pink Ants (d) Every Lions Pink Ants
22. 22.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, pencil, kite, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCKA (b) CPKA (c) PKAC (d) AKPC
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, van, lamp? (a) Vines Lazy Wins (b) Lazy Vines Wins (c) Wins Vines Lazy (d) Vines Wins Lazy
25. 25.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, frog, umbrella? (a) Fly Runs Under (b) Under Fly Runs (c) Fly Under Runs (d) Runs Fly Under
27. 27.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, jalebi, mirror, kettle, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMKNT (b) JTMKN (c) NKMJT (d) TJMKN
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
31. 31.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) AISAP
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 5226802180. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 526 280 2180 (b) 522 680 2180 (c) 522 680 21800 (d) 522 602 180
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
35. 35.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, drum, urn, mango, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUMBV (b) BMUDV (c) DVUMB (d) VDUMB
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
38. 38.🧰 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
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym

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