Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 474 · 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: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, ice cream, nest? (a) Ice Jolly Nani (b) Jolly Ice Nani (c) Nani Ice Jolly (d) Ice Nani Jolly
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Silly Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Silly Red (c) Silly Lions Funny Red (d) Silly Red Lions Funny
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 180823040. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 180 823 3040 (b) 810 823 040 (c) 180 823 00 (d) 180 823 040
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
13. 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, jalebi, doll? (a) Jump Dogs Very (b) Jump Very Dogs (c) Dogs Jump Very (d) Very Jump Dogs
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 213346392. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 213 463 92 (b) 123 346 392 (c) 221 334 6392 (d) 213 346 392
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cats Every (b) Every Cats Cats Play (c) Cats Every Play Cats (d) Every Cats Play Cats
17. 17.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Runs Lions Frogs (b) Sing Lions Frogs Runs (c) Runs Sing Lions Frogs (d) Frogs Lions Sing Runs
21. 21.🔤 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) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, cat, kite? (a) Cats Mice Kind (b) Cats Kind Mice (c) Kind Cats Mice (d) Mice Cats Kind
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 544894684. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 544 894 684 (b) 544 896 484 (c) 544 946 84 (d) 544 894 4684
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 9441388882. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 494 138 8882 (b) 944 413 88882 (c) 441 388 882 (d) 944 138 8882
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
26. 26.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, banana, ladder? (a) Bunny Aunty Lions (b) Aunty Bunny Lions (c) Bunny Lions Aunty (d) Lions Bunny Aunty
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, coconut, doll, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDCJ (b) CDVJ (c) JCDV (d) CJDV
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, van, cat? (a) Crazy Very Owls (b) Very Crazy Owls (c) Very Owls Crazy (d) Owls Very Crazy
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 827184909. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 882 718 4909 (b) 827 184 909 (c) 827 189 09 (d) 821 784 909
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Cook Eight (b) Eight Cook Play Cook (c) Eight Cook Cook Play (d) Cook Eight Play Cook
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, jeep, umpire, tiger, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MJUTC (b) JMUTC (c) CTUJM (d) JUTCM
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pink Crazy (b) Every Cook Pink Crazy (c) Cook Pink Crazy Every (d) Crazy Pink Cook Every
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

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