Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 425 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Silly Wet (b) Neat Eat Silly Wet (c) Wet Silly Eat Neat (d) Eat Silly Wet Neat
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, mango, kettle? (a) Kites Mice Tiny (b) Mice Kites Tiny (c) Tiny Mice Kites (d) Mice Tiny Kites
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, doll, ant? (a) Ants Dance Very (b) Dance Very Ants (c) Very Dance Ants (d) Dance Ants Very
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, bucket, drum, umpire, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDUOF (b) BFDUO (c) FBDUO (d) OUDBF
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, urn, jug? (a) Pink Under Jolly (b) Under Jolly Pink (c) Under Pink Jolly (d) Jolly Under Pink
12. 12.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, duck, apple, jalebi, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BJADV (b) DVAJB (c) VDAJB (d) DAJBV
16. 16.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
18. 18.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 142055860. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 142 055 860 (b) 120 558 60 (c) 412 055 860 (d) 142 055 8660
20. 20.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, parrot, mango? (a) Pigs Mum Very (b) Very Pigs Mum (c) Mum Pigs Very (d) Pigs Very Mum
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 3235444531. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 323 354 44531 (b) 323 544 4351 (c) 323 544 4531 (d) 323 544 453
23. 23.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 670003545. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 760 003 545 (b) 670 000 3545 (c) 670 003 54 (d) 670 003 545
25. 25.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 362813657. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 326 813 657 (b) 362 813 6657 (c) 362 813 657 (d) 362 813 65
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
28. 28.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, mirror, jalebi? (a) Mice Jeeps Green (b) Jeeps Mice Green (c) Green Mice Jeeps (d) Mice Green Jeeps
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 317708420. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 317 770 8420 (b) 371 708 420 (c) 177 084 20 (d) 317 708 420
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, jug, tent, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GJTP (b) PTJG (c) JGTP (d) JTPG
34. 34.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 2095031201. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 209 503 11201 (b) 209 503 201 (c) 209 503 1210 (d) 209 503 1201
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 4035524011. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 403 552 4011 (b) 403 552 24011 (c) 403 554 011 (d) 403 525 4011
37. 37.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
39. 39.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, violin, jeep? (a) Jump Vans Aunty (b) Vans Aunty Jump (c) Vans Jump Aunty (d) Aunty Vans Jump

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