Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 445 · 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) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 580612169581. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5806 1216 951 (b) 5806 2116 9581 (c) 5806 1216 9581 (d) 5806 1216 69581
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 933023636. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 930 236 36 (b) 933 302 3636 (c) 933 023 636 (d) 933 032 636
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Pigs Cats (b) Eat Cats Pigs Cats (c) Eat Cats Cats Pigs (d) Cats Pigs Cats Eat
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
7. 7.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Pink Crazy (b) Crazy Pink Cook Eight (c) Cook Eight Pink Crazy (d) Cook Pink Crazy Eight
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 3284922286. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 328 492 2286 (b) 328 499 22286 (c) 328 492 2268 (d) 328 492 286
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 6911525410. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 691 152 5410 (b) 691 152 541 (c) 691 125 5410 (d) 691 152 54100
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 2820922838. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 282 092 8238 (b) 280 922 838 (c) 282 099 22838 (d) 282 092 2838
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
16. 16.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pigs Cats (b) Eat Cook Pigs Cats (c) Cook Pigs Cats Eat (d) Cats Pigs Cook Eat
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eight Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Cats Eight (c) Cats Pink Cook Eight (d) Eight Cats Pink Cook
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 313550637. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 313 556 37 (b) 313 550 637 (c) 313 550 6637 (d) 331 550 637
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 723802329. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 723 820 329 (b) 723 802 3299 (c) 723 803 29 (d) 723 802 329
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Cats Play (b) Every Cats Play Cats (c) Cats Play Cats Every (d) Cats Every Play Cats
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Silly (b) Wise Silly Goats (c) Silly Wise Goats (d) Wise Goats Silly
28. 28.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, jeep, duck, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDCO (b) JODC (c) CDJO (d) OJDC
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, rose, candle? (a) Crazy Runs Jeeps (b) Jeeps Runs Crazy (c) Runs Jeeps Crazy (d) Runs Crazy Jeeps
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, nest, drum? (a) Nani Pigs Dogs (b) Dogs Nani Pigs (c) Nani Dogs Pigs (d) Pigs Nani Dogs
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mice Frogs Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly Mice Ants (c) Frogs Mice Ants Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs Mice Ants
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink All Eat (b) Love Eat Pink All (c) All Pink Love Eat (d) Eat Love Pink All
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, banana, glass? (a) Bakes Only Goats (b) Goats Bakes Only (c) Only Bakes Goats (d) Bakes Goats Only
38. 38.🔤 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) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 700160958. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 700 169 058 (b) 700 160 958 (c) 770 016 0958 (d) 700 609 58

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