Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 415 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, ant, frog, jeep, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BJFAV (b) AVFJB (c) AFJBV (d) VAFJB
2. 2.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Sing Wise (b) Nine Eat Sing Wise (c) Wise Sing Eat Nine (d) Eat Sing Wise Nine
4. 4.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Pink Ants (b) Ants Pink Lions Eight (c) Eight Lions Pink Ants (d) Lions Pink Ants Eight
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Silly Wise (b) Wise Silly Eat Neat (c) Neat Eat Silly Wise (d) Eat Silly Wise Neat
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 4342313307. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 434 313 307 (b) 434 231 3307 (c) 434 231 33077 (d) 434 321 3307
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 250488418612. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2504 8841 8612 (b) 2504 8844 18612 (c) 5204 8841 8612 (d) 2504 8418 612
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Love Play Ants (b) Ants Play Love Eat (c) Love Eat Play Ants (d) Love Play Ants Eat
13. 13.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 841511487422. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4151 1487 422 (b) 8415 1144 87422 (c) 8415 1148 7422 (d) 8145 1148 7422
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, frog, shoe? (a) Frogs Sing Runs (b) Sing Frogs Runs (c) Runs Frogs Sing (d) Frogs Runs Sing
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, watch, ice cream, van, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WSIVC (b) WIVCS (c) CVIWS (d) SWIVC
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, jalebi, owl, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JOTB (b) TOJB (c) JBOT (d) BJOT
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
22. 22.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 634858035. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 634 885 8035 (b) 634 858 035 (c) 634 580 35 (d) 643 858 035
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Fly Jolly (b) Fly Jolly My All (c) Fly My All Jolly (d) Jolly Fly My All
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, jalebi, umbrella? (a) Jolly Uncle My (b) Uncle Jolly My (c) Jolly My Uncle (d) My Jolly Uncle
28. 28.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
30. 30.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 800842743. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 800 084 2743 (b) 808 427 43 (c) 800 842 743 (d) 808 042 743
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 761416160798. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7141 6160 798 (b) 7614 1616 0798 (c) 7614 1616 60798 (d) 7614 1166 0798
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 198606163. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 198 606 6163 (b) 198 606 163 (c) 196 061 63 (d) 198 606 136
35. 35.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, guava, apple? (a) Ants Grab Old (b) Old Grab Ants (c) Grab Old Ants (d) Grab Ants Old
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Pink Cats (b) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (c) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (d) Eight Crazy Pink Cats
39. 39.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym

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