Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 494 · 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: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, shoe, pencil, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKPV (b) VPSK (c) KSPV (d) SPVK
3. 3.✏️ 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
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, jalebi, mango? (a) Jump Cats Mice (b) Jump Mice Cats (c) Cats Jump Mice (d) Mice Jump Cats
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
7. 7.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
9. 9.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, ice cream, monkey? (a) Jump Ice Mice (b) Ice Mice Jump (c) Mice Ice Jump (d) Ice Jump Mice
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, rope, drum, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDIN (b) IDRN (c) RNDI (d) NRDI
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, umbrella, inkpot? (a) Cook Up Ice (b) Ice Up Cook (c) Up Cook Ice (d) Up Ice Cook
13. 13.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, cat, radio? (a) Cats Red Kids (b) Kids Cats Red (c) Red Cats Kids (d) Cats Kids Red
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump My Ants (b) Ants My Funny Jump (c) Jump Funny My Ants (d) Funny My Ants Jump
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 152136556712. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1521 3655 6712 (b) 1521 6355 6712 (c) 1521 3656 712 (d) 1522 1365 56712
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 348681311. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 348 613 11 (b) 348 868 1311 (c) 348 681 311 (d) 348 681 131
19. 19.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, fan, inkpot, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPIU (b) UIFP (c) PFIU (d) FIUP
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, nest, violin? (a) Vines Nani Up (b) Nani Vines Up (c) Nani Up Vines (d) Up Nani Vines
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 818032365. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 818 323 65 (b) 881 032 365 (c) 818 032 365 (d) 818 032 3655
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 4603484068. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 603 484 068 (b) 460 344 84068 (c) 460 348 4068 (d) 460 348 4086
25. 25.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
29. 29.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, key, jug? (a) Kind Jolly Mum (b) Jolly Kind Mum (c) Kind Mum Jolly (d) Mum Kind Jolly
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wise Neat (b) Wise Sing Every Neat (c) Every Neat Sing Wise (d) Neat Every Sing Wise
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
33. 33.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
37. 37.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, umpire, kite, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKUD (b) UKID (c) UDKI (d) DUKI
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 215455816. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 215 455 816 (b) 215 455 5816 (c) 215 545 816 (d) 254 558 16

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