Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 289 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, owl, ice cream, net, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TNIOC (b) OCINT (c) OINTC (d) COINT
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, watch, needle? (a) Wise Cats Nani (b) Wise Nani Cats (c) Cats Wise Nani (d) Nani Wise Cats
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Frogs Runs (b) Seven Runs Lazy Frogs (c) Frogs Lazy Seven Runs (d) Runs Seven Lazy Frogs
7. 7.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 5752763122. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 557 527 63122 (b) 575 276 3122 (c) 575 726 3122 (d) 752 763 122
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
11. 11.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, ladder, whistle, tent, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LAWTC (b) LWTCA (c) CTWLA (d) ALWTC
16. 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, jalebi, vase, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JUVL (b) LVJU (c) JVLU (d) UJVL
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, ball, lemon, orange, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCLOP (b) POLBC (c) CBLOP (d) BLOPC
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 473224729069. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4473 2247 29069 (b) 4732 2742 9069 (c) 4732 2472 9069 (d) 4732 4729 069
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
22. 22.🔤 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
23. 23.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
25. 25.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, whistle, igloo, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBIU (b) UIWB (c) WIUB (d) BWIU
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, net, pillow, frog, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNPFR (b) NBPFR (c) RFPNB (d) NPFRB
28. 28.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 797906127214. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7979 0612 2714 (b) 7997 9061 27214 (c) 7979 0612 7214 (d) 7979 0617 214
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 6180972766. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 618 097 7266 (b) 680 972 766 (c) 618 809 72766 (d) 618 097 2766
32. 32.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 884923158699. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8849 2315 86999 (b) 8849 2315 8699 (c) 8492 3158 699 (d) 8849 3215 8699
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 216257165. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 162 571 65 (b) 216 257 7165 (c) 216 257 165 (d) 216 527 165
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, jalebi, radio? (a) Red Jeeps Owls (b) Jeeps Red Owls (c) Jeeps Owls Red (d) Owls Jeeps Red
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, monkey, ladder, bucket, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLBIA (b) AMLBI (c) MALBI (d) IBLMA

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