Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 361 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 8044304722. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 804 430 4722 (b) 804 434 0722 (c) 880 443 04722 (d) 804 304 722
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Frogs Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly My All (c) Frogs My All Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs My All
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pigs Ants (b) Love Pigs Ants Every (c) Ants Pigs Love Every (d) Every Love Pigs Ants
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Pink Cats (b) Crazy Every Pink Cats (c) Crazy Pink Cats Every (d) Cats Pink Crazy Every
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 788726032402. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7788 7260 32402 (b) 7887 6203 2402 (c) 7887 2603 2402 (d) 7887 2603 242
10. 10.🧰 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
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 734979005262. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7347 9900 5262 (b) 7347 9005 262 (c) 7349 7900 5262 (d) 7334 9790 05262
14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wins Goats (b) Wins Goats Silly (c) Wins Silly Goats (d) Goats Wins Silly
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Sing Wet Neat (b) Wet Sing Eight Neat (c) Eight Neat Sing Wet (d) Neat Eight Sing Wet
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 606511069. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 606 510 69 (b) 606 511 096 (c) 606 511 069 (d) 606 511 1069
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 1284575903. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 182 457 5903 (b) 128 457 59003 (c) 128 457 593 (d) 128 457 5903
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 8586812551. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 858 681 251 (b) 885 681 2551 (c) 858 681 25551 (d) 858 681 2551
21. 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Green (b) Wet Seven Green (c) Wet Green Seven (d) Green Wet Seven
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, goat, ant, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGAW (b) GFAW (c) WAGF (d) GAWF
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Silly Wins (b) Wins Silly Every Nani (c) Nani Every Silly Wins (d) Every Silly Wins Nani
25. 25.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 584026588217. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5842 0658 8217 (b) 5840 2658 8217 (c) 5840 2658 827 (d) 5840 2655 88217
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3711134549. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 371 111 34549 (b) 371 113 4549 (c) 371 134 549 (d) 371 114 3549
29. 29.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 657853868. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 675 853 868 (b) 657 853 88 (c) 657 853 868 (d) 665 785 3868
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
32. 32.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
34. 34.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 4494630530. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 449 463 0530 (b) 449 460 3530 (c) 494 630 530 (d) 449 466 30530
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pigs Cook (b) Every Cats Pigs Cook (c) Cook Pigs Cats Every (d) Cats Pigs Cook Every
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, ant, net, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANBL (b) LANB (c) BNAL (d) ALNB
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Play Cats (b) Eat Cook Play Cats (c) Cats Play Cook Eat (d) Cook Play Cats Eat
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, net, spoon? (a) Seven Nani Kids (b) Nani Kids Seven (c) Nani Seven Kids (d) Kids Nani Seven
40. 40.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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