Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 493 · 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) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 942319446. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 942 319 46 (b) 942 231 9446 (c) 942 319 446 (d) 943 219 446
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 4924383004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 499 243 83004 (b) 492 438 3004 (c) 492 433 8004 (d) 492 383 004
7. 7.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, igloo, lemon? (a) Rani Ice Lions (b) Ice Rani Lions (c) Lions Ice Rani (d) Ice Lions Rani
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Frogs Jeeps (b) Frogs Jeeps Mum Aunty (c) Frogs Mum Aunty Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs Mum Aunty
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 168389356. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 166 838 9356 (b) 168 893 56 (c) 168 389 356 (d) 618 389 356
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
20. 20.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, kettle, orange? (a) Vines Kites Only (b) Only Kites Vines (c) Kites Vines Only (d) Kites Only Vines
22. 22.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Funny My Aunty (b) Aunty My Funny Jump (c) Funny My Aunty Jump (d) Funny Jump My Aunty
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 317051804. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 317 051 80 (b) 317 051 8044 (c) 317 051 804 (d) 310 751 804
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, candle, jalebi, sock, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASJCI (b) CIJSA (c) CJSAI (d) ICJSA
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 6749603457. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 674 496 03457 (b) 674 960 3457 (c) 674 960 357 (d) 647 960 3457
30. 30.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 358560392. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 335 856 0392 (b) 358 560 32 (c) 358 560 392 (d) 355 860 392
34. 34.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 157253009021. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1572 5300 9021 (b) 1572 5300 09021 (c) 1572 5309 021 (d) 1572 5300 9201
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Funny Rani (b) Rani Sing Lions Funny (c) Sing Rani Lions Funny (d) Funny Lions Sing Rani
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Fly Rani (b) Fly Lions Seven Rani (c) Seven Rani Lions Fly (d) Rani Seven Lions Fly
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 385908319. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 385 908 8319 (b) 385 908 139 (c) 385 083 19 (d) 385 908 319
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 8549918881. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 854 991 8881 (b) 854 991 88881 (c) 854 919 8881 (d) 854 991 888

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