Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 466 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
2. 2.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 744071090. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 744 071 090 (b) 740 710 90 (c) 744 017 090 (d) 744 077 1090
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lazy Seven Red (b) Seven Red Lazy Frogs (c) Seven Lazy Frogs Red (d) Red Seven Lazy Frogs
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 362706042. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 362 770 6042 (b) 362 706 042 (c) 362 760 42 (d) 632 706 042
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, lamp, candle, mirror, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLCMG (b) LJCMG (c) GMCLJ (d) LCMGJ
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 806183526. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 806 183 5526 (b) 806 835 26 (c) 806 183 526 (d) 860 183 526
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, mirror, jalebi? (a) Jump My Goats (b) My Jump Goats (c) Goats My Jump (d) My Goats Jump
10. 10.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 8110711611. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 811 071 611 (b) 181 071 1611 (c) 811 107 11611 (d) 811 071 1611
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
19. 19.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, tent, umpire? (a) Tea Under Aunty (b) Aunty Tea Under (c) Under Tea Aunty (d) Tea Aunty Under
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, pencil, tiger? (a) Play Love Toys (b) Toys Play Love (c) Love Play Toys (d) Play Toys Love
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 8402202760. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 840 220 2706 (b) 840 220 760 (c) 840 222 02760 (d) 840 220 2760
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly Mice Ants (b) Jolly Frogs Mice Ants (c) Ants Mice Frogs Jolly (d) Frogs Mice Ants Jolly
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 851631171127. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8516 3117 1172 (b) 8516 3111 71127 (c) 8516 3117 1127 (d) 8516 3117 127
25. 25.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, umpire, monkey, fan, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMFDB (b) DFMUB (c) BUMFD (d) UBMFD
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, violin, cat? (a) Old Vans Cats (b) Vans Old Cats (c) Vans Cats Old (d) Cats Vans Old
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
29. 29.✏️ 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) Seven Lions Fly Rani (c) Fly Lions Seven Rani (d) Rani Seven Lions Fly
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Pigs Cook (b) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat (c) Crazy Eat Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
33. 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Play Love Every (b) Every Love Play Ants (c) Love Play Ants Every (d) Love Every Play Ants
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 820305180. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 820 035 180 (b) 820 305 180 (c) 823 051 80 (d) 820 305 5180
37. 37.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
39. 39.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, inkpot, lamp, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKLD (b) ILDK (c) DLIK (d) KILD

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