Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 574 · 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.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, anchor, sock? (a) Ants Neat Seven (b) Ants Seven Neat (c) Neat Ants Seven (d) Seven Ants Neat
5. 5.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 435854501. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 358 545 01 (b) 435 854 501 (c) 345 854 501 (d) 435 854 5001
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (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.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, cat, tomato, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTCS (b) SCTV (c) CTVS (d) CSTV
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 2365825821. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 236 582 25821 (b) 236 582 821 (c) 326 582 5821 (d) 236 582 5821
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, fan, apple? (a) Funny Nani Ants (b) Nani Funny Ants (c) Ants Funny Nani (d) Funny Ants Nani
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Love Frogs (b) Sing Love Frogs Rani (c) Frogs Love Sing Rani (d) Rani Sing Love Frogs
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, orange, radio? (a) Red Old Green (b) Green Old Red (c) Old Red Green (d) Old Green Red
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 609025825. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 609 025 825 (b) 609 002 5825 (c) 609 025 25 (d) 609 025 285
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Play Lazy Eat (b) Lazy Eat Play Ants (c) Lazy Play Ants Eat (d) Eat Lazy Play Ants
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 594410253954. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5494 1025 3954 (b) 5944 1025 354 (c) 5944 1022 53954 (d) 5944 1025 3954
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, glass, parrot, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GAPC (b) GPCA (c) AGPC (d) CPGA
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
23. 23.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, apple, ball? (a) Bakes Ants Goats (b) Ants Bakes Goats (c) Ants Goats Bakes (d) Goats Ants Bakes
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mice Funny Jump (b) Jump Funny Mice Ants (c) Funny Mice Ants Jump (d) Funny Jump Mice Ants
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, lamp, glass? (a) Lions Nani Green (b) Lions Green Nani (c) Green Lions Nani (d) Nani Lions Green
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Eight Neat (b) Neat Eight Silly Wins (c) Eight Silly Wins Neat (d) Eight Neat Silly Wins
29. 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
31. 31.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, goat, apple, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDAF (b) DGAF (c) GAFD (d) FAGD
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs Ants Eight (b) Eight Lions Pigs Ants (c) Lions Eight Pigs Ants (d) Ants Pigs Lions Eight
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, candle, bucket? (a) Bunny Cook Under (b) Cook Under Bunny (c) Cook Bunny Under (d) Under Cook Bunny

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