Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 31 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Lazy Frogs (b) Sing Rani Lazy Frogs (c) Frogs Lazy Sing Rani (d) Sing Lazy Frogs Rani
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 9322240484. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 932 224 048 (b) 932 220 4484 (c) 932 222 40484 (d) 932 224 0484
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 832722502. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 837 222 502 (b) 832 722 502 (c) 832 722 5022 (d) 832 722 50
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, radio, flute, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFRK (b) RKFU (c) KRFU (d) RFUK
5. 5.🧰 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) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Sing (b) Sing Wins Green (c) Wins Sing Green (d) Wins Green Sing
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, mango, tomato, net, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNTMC (b) MTNBC (c) CMTNB (d) MCTNB
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 222859989844. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2228 5998 98444 (b) 2228 5998 844 (c) 2228 5998 9844 (d) 2225 8998 9844
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 462618001471. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4626 1800 1741 (b) 6261 8001 471 (c) 4626 1800 01471 (d) 4626 1800 1471
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, ice cream, doll, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDJG (b) GIDJ (c) IGDJ (d) JDIG
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 564089257. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 564 809 257 (b) 556 408 9257 (c) 564 089 257 (d) 560 892 57
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
19. 19.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
22. 22.🧰 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
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cats Eat (b) Cats Eat Play Cats (c) Eat Cats Play Cats (d) Eat Cats Cats Play
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 6017293269. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 601 722 93269 (b) 601 729 3269 (c) 601 793 269 (d) 601 729 3629
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 996103088. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 996 103 88 (b) 996 130 088 (c) 996 610 3088 (d) 996 103 088
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, lemon, urn? (a) Lions Ice Under (b) Ice Lions Under (c) Under Lions Ice (d) Lions Under Ice
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pigs Cats (b) Cats Pigs Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Cats Pigs (d) Cats Eight Pigs Cats
29. 29.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 7209423141. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 720 094 23141 (b) 720 942 3141 (c) 720 924 3141 (d) 720 923 141
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) AISAP
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 978143022631. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9781 4302 261 (b) 9781 4302 2631 (c) 9871 4302 2631 (d) 9781 4302 22631
35. 35.✏️ 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 Lazy Funny Rani (c) Funny Lazy Seven Rani (d) Seven Rani Lazy Funny
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 642000111105. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6420 0011 11055 (b) 4620 0011 1105 (c) 6420 0011 1105 (d) 6420 0111 105
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, nest, wallet? (a) Nani Crazy Wet (b) Wet Nani Crazy (c) Nani Wet Crazy (d) Crazy Nani Wet
38. 38.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, monkey, ladder? (a) Lions Mum Ink (b) Mum Lions Ink (c) Ink Mum Lions (d) Mum Ink Lions
40. 40.🧰 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

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