Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 288 · 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 parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
6. 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 7117081575. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 711 708 1575 (b) 711 780 1575 (c) 711 708 15775 (d) 117 081 575
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 155876933020. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1558 7633 020 (b) 1557 8693 3020 (c) 1555 8769 33020 (d) 1558 7693 3020
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 6033102226. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 603 102 226 (b) 603 312 0226 (c) 603 310 2226 (d) 603 331 02226
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, fan, rope? (a) Funny Rani Nani (b) Rani Funny Nani (c) Nani Funny Rani (d) Funny Nani Rani
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 3898068894. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 389 806 88894 (b) 389 086 8894 (c) 389 806 894 (d) 389 806 8894
14. 14.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, parrot, coconut? (a) Pigs Toys Cats (b) Cats Pigs Toys (c) Toys Pigs Cats (d) Pigs Cats Toys
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 248195575. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 248 195 575 (b) 241 895 575 (c) 248 199 5575 (d) 248 195 75
19. 19.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Cats Eat (c) Cats Eat Play Crazy (d) Cats Play Crazy Eat
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 965134719. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 966 513 4719 (b) 965 134 719 (c) 961 347 19 (d) 961 534 719
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, flute, van? (a) Green Frogs Vines (b) Frogs Vines Green (c) Vines Frogs Green (d) Frogs Green Vines
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 6957371595. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 699 573 71595 (b) 695 737 1955 (c) 657 371 595 (d) 695 737 1595
29. 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Silly (b) Wins Silly Goats (c) Silly Wins Goats (d) Wins Goats Silly
31. 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 571503001. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 571 053 001 (b) 557 150 3001 (c) 575 030 01 (d) 571 503 001
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 457266436. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 457 266 346 (b) 457 266 36 (c) 457 266 4436 (d) 457 266 436
36. 36.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 151262108. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 151 262 108 (b) 151 226 2108 (c) 112 621 08 (d) 151 622 108
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, tent, banana? (a) Toys Big Neat (b) Big Toys Neat (c) Neat Toys Big (d) Toys Neat Big
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wins Neat (b) Neat Every Sing Wins (c) Wins Sing Every Neat (d) Every Neat Sing Wins
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, rose, net? (a) Red Nani Frogs (b) Red Frogs Nani (c) Nani Red Frogs (d) Frogs Red Nani

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