Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 36 · 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: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 681310641. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 681 310 61 (b) 683 110 641 (c) 681 310 0641 (d) 681 310 641
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, inkpot, apple, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IACW (b) WIAC (c) IWAC (d) CAIW
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wet Nani (b) Wet Seven Every Nani (c) Every Nani Seven Wet (d) Nani Every Seven Wet
7. 7.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 8562681235. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 856 268 12235 (b) 856 268 1235 (c) 852 681 235 (d) 856 268 1325
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a long story
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Ants Jump (b) Ants My Funny Jump (c) Jump Funny My Ants (d) Funny Jump My Ants
17. 17.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Seven Red (b) Seven Love Frogs Red (c) Seven Red Love Frogs (d) Red Seven Love Frogs
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, tent, fan, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) STFB (b) BFTS (c) TFBS (d) TSFB
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, ice cream, umbrella? (a) Uncle Inside Dance (b) Inside Dance Uncle (c) Inside Uncle Dance (d) Dance Inside Uncle
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 771387208896. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7713 8720 8896 (b) 7173 8720 8896 (c) 7713 8720 88966 (d) 7738 7208 896
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
25. 25.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Pink Cook (b) Crazy Pink Cook Every (c) Crazy Every Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Crazy Every
27. 27.🧰 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) chunking (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
29. 29.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mice All (b) All Mice Fly Jolly (c) Fly Mice All Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Mice All
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, pencil, ladder, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) APLT (b) PLTA (c) TLPA (d) PALT
38. 38.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum Aunty Jump (b) Frogs Jump Mum Aunty (c) Aunty Mum Frogs Jump (d) Jump Frogs Mum Aunty
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 1285179941. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 218 517 9941 (b) 128 519 941 (c) 128 517 9941 (d) 128 851 79941

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