Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 522 · 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.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, shoe, candle? (a) Seven Crazy Nani (b) Crazy Seven Nani (c) Seven Nani Crazy (d) Nani Seven Crazy
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Cook Every (c) Cook Every Pink Cats (d) Cook Pink Cats Every
6. 6.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, jeep, parrot? (a) Jolly Only Play (b) Play Jolly Only (c) Jolly Play Only (d) Only Jolly Play
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 2799321468. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 297 932 1468 (b) 279 932 14688 (c) 279 932 1468 (d) 279 321 468
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, banana, van, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSVG (b) BVGS (c) SBVG (d) GVBS
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, kite, mango, glass, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCMGF (b) CKMGF (c) KMGFC (d) FGMKC
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 9860822938. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 986 082 293 (b) 986 008 22938 (c) 986 082 2938 (d) 986 082 9238
13. 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 817063278270. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8170 3627 8270 (b) 8170 3278 270 (c) 8170 6327 8270 (d) 8170 0632 78270
15. 15.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 472453004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 472 543 004 (b) 477 245 3004 (c) 472 453 04 (d) 472 453 004
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, owl, anchor, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OBAN (b) OANB (c) BOAN (d) NAOB
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, tomato, watch? (a) Wise Tea Ants (b) Tea Wise Ants (c) Tea Ants Wise (d) Ants Tea Wise
23. 23.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, nest, fan? (a) Nine Lions Fly (b) Fly Nine Lions (c) Nine Fly Lions (d) Lions Nine Fly
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 152137993. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 152 379 93 (b) 155 213 7993 (c) 152 173 993 (d) 152 137 993
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pigs Love Eight (b) Eight Love Pigs All (c) Love Pigs All Eight (d) Love Eight Pigs All
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 3555648592. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 355 564 5892 (b) 355 564 8592 (c) 355 568 592 (d) 355 556 48592
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 7038418901. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 703 841 8901 (b) 703 848 901 (c) 770 384 18901 (d) 073 841 8901
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Seven Wise (b) Wise Seven Eat Nine (c) Eat Seven Wise Nine (d) Nine Eat Seven Wise
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, ball, fan? (a) Bakes Frogs Seven (b) Bakes Seven Frogs (c) Frogs Bakes Seven (d) Seven Bakes Frogs
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym

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