Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 554 · 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 rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 9547272156. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 955 472 72156 (b) 954 722 156 (c) 954 722 7156 (d) 954 727 2156
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, bucket, needle? (a) Nine Big Fly (b) Fly Big Nine (c) Big Fly Nine (d) Big Nine Fly
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, spoon, frog, tomato, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFTUW (b) UTFSW (c) SWFTU (d) WSFTU
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Pink All (b) All Pink Lazy Eight (c) Lazy Pink All Eight (d) Eight Lazy Pink All
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
7. 7.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔤 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
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, banana, anchor, candle, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TBACM (b) BTACM (c) BACMT (d) MCABT
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Seven Rani (c) Seven Lions Funny Rani (d) Rani Seven Lions Funny
15. 15.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
16. 16.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Silly Love Funny (b) Silly Rani Love Funny (c) Funny Love Silly Rani (d) Silly Love Funny Rani
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, lemon, violin, goat, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDVGN (b) LVGND (c) NGVLD (d) DLVGN
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 636125981. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 636 159 81 (b) 636 125 981 (c) 636 125 9811 (d) 636 215 981
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 486354428. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 486 354 428 (b) 486 354 4428 (c) 486 344 28 (d) 846 354 428
21. 21.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 685782747. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 685 728 747 (b) 685 782 747 (c) 685 782 77 (d) 685 782 7747
24. 24.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Frogs My All (b) Frogs My All Jeeps (c) All My Frogs Jeeps (d) Frogs Jeeps My All
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
28. 28.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 3397202044. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 339 702 2044 (b) 333 972 02044 (c) 339 720 2044 (d) 339 702 044
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Every Nine (b) Nine Every Seven Wet (c) Every Nine Seven Wet (d) Every Seven Wet Nine
31. 31.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Red Lazy Frogs (b) Frogs Lazy Sing Red (c) Red Sing Lazy Frogs (d) Sing Lazy Frogs Red
35. 35.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) a mind map
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 756469243960. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7564 6924 390 (b) 7564 6924 3960 (c) 7654 6924 3960 (d) 7566 4692 43960
38. 38.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 1240219556. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 124 012 9556 (b) 124 002 19556 (c) 124 019 556 (d) 124 021 9556
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 6861157091. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 686 115 57091 (b) 686 115 791 (c) 686 115 0791 (d) 686 115 7091

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