Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 29 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mice All Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs Mice All (c) All Mice Frogs Jolly (d) Frogs Jolly Mice All
5. 5.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (b) Cook Eat Pigs Cats (c) Cook Pigs Cats Eat (d) Eat Cook Pigs Cats
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 8470010806. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 847 010 806 (b) 847 001 0806 (c) 847 001 0086 (d) 847 001 10806
9. 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 271055087. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 271 055 5087 (b) 270 550 87 (c) 271 055 087 (d) 270 155 087
16. 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 387683073. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 338 768 3073 (b) 386 783 073 (c) 386 830 73 (d) 387 683 073
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 945884955. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 458 849 55 (b) 495 884 955 (c) 945 884 9955 (d) 945 884 955
19. 19.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mice Funny Jump (b) Jump Funny Mice All (c) Funny Jump Mice All (d) Funny Mice All Jump
21. 21.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) chunking
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Cook Every (b) Every Cook Play Cook (c) Every Cook Cook Play (d) Cook Every Play Cook
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) APLE
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lazy Funny (b) Seven Rani Lazy Funny (c) Seven Lazy Funny Rani (d) Funny Lazy Seven Rani
25. 25.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, violin, ant, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUAN (b) UVAN (c) NAVU (d) VANU
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, mirror, tomato? (a) Bunny Mice Tiny (b) Tiny Mice Bunny (c) Mice Tiny Bunny (d) Mice Bunny Tiny
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, doll, ball, spoon, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVBST (b) VDBST (c) DBSTV (d) TSBDV
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 331343715918. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3313 4371 918 (b) 3313 4317 5918 (c) 3331 3437 15918 (d) 3313 4371 5918
34. 34.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 2028696010. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 202 286 96010 (b) 208 696 010 (c) 208 269 6010 (d) 202 869 6010
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny Mum All (b) Funny Mum All Jolly (c) All Mum Funny Jolly (d) Funny Jolly Mum All
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, banana, watch, jalebi, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MJWBC (b) BWJMC (c) CBWJM (d) BCWJM
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Every Seven Wet (b) Wet Seven Every Nani (c) Every Nani Seven Wet (d) Every Seven Wet Nani

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