Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 334 · 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: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps My All (b) Jeeps Frogs My All (c) Frogs My All Jeeps (d) All My Frogs Jeeps
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 662061110. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 660 611 10 (b) 662 061 110 (c) 662 061 1110 (d) 660 261 110
4. 4.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 7230403678. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 723 040 3678 (b) 730 403 678 (c) 732 040 3678 (d) 772 304 03678
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, inkpot, van? (a) Ink Goats Very (b) Ink Very Goats (c) Goats Ink Very (d) Very Ink Goats
8. 8.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, coconut, violin? (a) Vines Cats Frogs (b) Frogs Cats Vines (c) Cats Frogs Vines (d) Cats Vines Frogs
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 638994696212. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6398 9469 6212 (b) 6389 9469 62112 (c) 6899 4696 212 (d) 6389 9469 6212
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (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, ladder, owl? (a) Lions Tiny Old (b) Old Lions Tiny (c) Lions Old Tiny (d) Tiny Lions Old
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 146977086617. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4169 7708 6617 (b) 1469 7708 6617 (c) 1469 7706 617 (d) 1469 7708 66617
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 187646651. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 187 646 65 (b) 187 646 615 (c) 187 646 651 (d) 118 764 6651
23. 23.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, orange, ant, frog, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OLAFS (b) LOAFS (c) SFAOL (d) OAFSL
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 2728524382. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 272 852 4382 (b) 278 252 4382 (c) 272 852 43382 (d) 272 824 382
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, cat, urn? (a) Dogs Cook Up (b) Up Cook Dogs (c) Cook Dogs Up (d) Cook Up Dogs
30. 30.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, coconut, umbrella? (a) Crazy Frogs Up (b) Crazy Up Frogs (c) Up Crazy Frogs (d) Frogs Crazy Up
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
33. 33.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 889544422882. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8895 4444 22882 (b) 8895 4422 882 (c) 8895 4442 2882 (d) 8895 4424 2882
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
36. 36.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 8312765948. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 831 276 948 (b) 831 267 5948 (c) 831 276 59448 (d) 831 276 5948
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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