Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 310 · 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) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 321684337838. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3216 8433 7838 (b) 3216 8433 78388 (c) 3261 8433 7838 (d) 3216 8433 838
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, candle, guava? (a) Green Crazy Uncle (b) Crazy Uncle Green (c) Crazy Green Uncle (d) Uncle Crazy Green
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 195003822624. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1950 0338 22624 (b) 1905 0382 2624 (c) 1950 0382 2624 (d) 1900 3822 624
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) AISAP
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
10. 10.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, guava, mango? (a) Grab Mum Under (b) Mum Grab Under (c) Under Grab Mum (d) Grab Under Mum
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 672330354047. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6723 3035 407 (b) 6723 3053 4047 (c) 6723 3035 4047 (d) 6723 3035 40047
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cats Eight (b) Cats Eight Pink Cook (c) Cats Pink Cook Eight (d) Eight Cats Pink Cook
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, tiger, lemon, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDLK (b) KLTD (c) DTLK (d) TLKD
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, owl, drum, apple, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WADOB (b) OBDAW (c) ODAWB (d) BODAW
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 922151047. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 922 510 47 (b) 922 511 047 (c) 922 151 047 (d) 922 151 0047
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, guava, duck? (a) Goats Dogs Bakes (b) Bakes Goats Dogs (c) Goats Bakes Dogs (d) Dogs Goats Bakes
23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
24. 24.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, umpire, radio, goat, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGRUS (b) USRGF (c) SURGF (d) URGFS
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Sing Wise (b) Every Sing Wise Nani (c) Nani Every Sing Wise (d) Wise Sing Every Nani
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, sock, duck? (a) Seven Lions Dance (b) Dance Seven Lions (c) Lions Seven Dance (d) Seven Dance Lions
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 310862651683. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3310 8626 51683 (b) 3108 6265 1683 (c) 3086 2651 683 (d) 3108 6256 1683
35. 35.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, drum, cat, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDCR (b) DCRK (c) RCDK (d) DKCR
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 5808027767. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 580 807 2767 (b) 580 802 7767 (c) 580 802 77667 (d) 580 807 767
40. 40.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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