Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 405 · 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) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 2648756763. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 264 875 663 (b) 264 875 56763 (c) 264 875 6673 (d) 264 875 6763
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 283633957017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2836 3395 7017 (b) 2883 6339 57017 (c) 2836 3395 701 (d) 2836 3359 7017
6. 6.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
9. 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 3071938658. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 330 719 38658 (b) 371 938 658 (c) 307 193 8658 (d) 307 193 8568
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, vase, orange, candle, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MVOCP (b) VMOCP (c) VOCPM (d) PCOVM
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Lions Fly (b) Fly Lions Seven Rani (c) Rani Seven Lions Fly (d) Seven Lions Fly Rani
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Love Eight (b) Love Eight Pink Ants (c) Love Pink Ants Eight (d) Eight Love Pink Ants
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Love Every (b) Love Every Pink Aunty (c) Every Love Pink Aunty (d) Love Pink Aunty Every
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 535576495. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 535 576 6495 (b) 535 576 495 (c) 535 574 695 (d) 535 764 95
17. 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
18. 18.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 1355921004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 135 591 2004 (b) 135 592 1004 (c) 133 559 21004 (d) 135 921 004
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, tent, anchor? (a) Ants Tiny Bunny (b) Tiny Ants Bunny (c) Tiny Bunny Ants (d) Bunny Tiny Ants
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, nest, key, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NOKW (b) WKNO (c) ONKW (d) NKWO
23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Goats (b) Goats Wise Sing (c) Wise Goats Sing (d) Sing Wise Goats
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, parrot, frog? (a) Play Green Fly (b) Fly Play Green (c) Green Play Fly (d) Play Fly Green
29. 29.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Eat Neat (c) Eat Sing Wise Neat (d) Neat Eat Sing Wise
32. 32.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 810556920. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 811 055 6920 (b) 810 556 920 (c) 810 556 90 (d) 810 556 902
34. 34.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 200267834729. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2026 7834 729 (b) 2002 6783 4729 (c) 2020 6783 4729 (d) 2002 6678 34729
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pink Cats (b) Cats Every Pink Cats (c) Every Cats Cats Pink (d) Cats Pink Cats Every
38. 38.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 115262500892. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1526 2500 892 (b) 1152 6250 0892 (c) 1152 6205 0892 (d) 1152 2625 00892
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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