Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 528 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 7362257033. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 733 622 57033 (b) 736 225 0733 (c) 736 257 033 (d) 736 225 7033
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 404720611. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 404 726 011 (b) 400 472 0611 (c) 407 206 11 (d) 404 720 611
3. 3.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, violin, frog? (a) Vines Dogs Frogs (b) Dogs Vines Frogs (c) Vines Frogs Dogs (d) Frogs Vines Dogs
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 906809946188. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9068 0994 61888 (b) 9608 0994 6188 (c) 9068 0994 6188 (d) 9068 0994 188
6. 6.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, frog, rope? (a) Uncle Frogs Red (b) Frogs Uncle Red (c) Red Frogs Uncle (d) Frogs Red Uncle
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, rose, goat? (a) Aunty Red Green (b) Red Aunty Green (c) Red Green Aunty (d) Green Red Aunty
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, nest, frog? (a) Fly Nani Only (b) Nani Fly Only (c) Only Nani Fly (d) Nani Only Fly
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 636216920151. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6362 1669 20151 (b) 6361 6920 151 (c) 3662 1692 0151 (d) 6362 1692 0151
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Pigs Crazy (d) Every Crazy Crazy Pigs
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 755325203822. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7553 2520 8322 (b) 7553 2520 322 (c) 7553 2552 03822 (d) 7553 2520 3822
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
22. 22.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, tent, goat? (a) Green Tiny Seven (b) Seven Tiny Green (c) Tiny Seven Green (d) Tiny Green Seven
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lions Play All (b) Lions Play All Eight (c) Lions Eight Play All (d) All Play Lions Eight
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Play Ants (b) Ants Play Lazy Every (c) Lazy Play Ants Every (d) Every Lazy Play Ants
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
34. 34.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
36. 36.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, anchor, owl? (a) All Old Lazy (b) Old All Lazy (c) Lazy All Old (d) All Lazy Old
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 923443434. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 923 443 434 (b) 922 344 3434 (c) 923 444 334 (d) 234 434 34
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Play Love Every (b) Every Love Play All (c) Love Play All Every (d) Love Every Play All

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