Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 28 · 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: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 115700098. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 115 700 098 (b) 111 570 0098 (c) 115 000 98 (d) 117 500 098
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, whistle, tomato? (a) Wins Pigs Toys (b) Toys Wins Pigs (c) Wins Toys Pigs (d) Pigs Wins Toys
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, orange, pillow, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSPR (b) RPOS (c) OPRS (d) SOPR
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 828234420. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 828 234 40 (b) 828 234 420 (c) 822 834 420 (d) 822 823 4420
22. 22.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 962363668014. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9623 6366 8014 (b) 9623 6368 014 (c) 9962 3636 68014 (d) 9263 6366 8014
26. 26.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 799156106648. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7991 6510 6648 (b) 7991 5610 664 (c) 7991 5610 66648 (d) 7991 5610 6648
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, jalebi, urn, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JULT (b) LUJT (c) TJUL (d) JTUL
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Grab (b) Wise Grab Seven (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Grab Wise Seven
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pigs Crazy (b) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat (c) Eat Cook Pigs Crazy (d) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 1262346560. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 126 234 6560 (b) 122 346 560 (c) 216 234 6560 (d) 126 234 65560
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, apple, guava? (a) Dance All Grab (b) All Dance Grab (c) Grab All Dance (d) All Grab Dance
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 657708416337. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6577 0841 6337 (b) 6577 0841 66337 (c) 6577 0846 1337 (d) 6577 0416 337
37. 37.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, pencil, guava? (a) Goats Play Cats (b) Play Cats Goats (c) Cats Play Goats (d) Play Goats Cats

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