Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 584 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, van, pillow, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VNPL (b) LPVN (c) NVPL (d) VPLN
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lazy Fly Runs (b) Sing Runs Lazy Fly (c) Runs Sing Lazy Fly (d) Fly Lazy Sing Runs
5. 5.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, monkey, net? (a) Mice Nine Sing (b) Sing Mice Nine (c) Mice Sing Nine (d) Nine Mice Sing
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Goats (b) Wet Seven Goats (c) Goats Wet Seven (d) Wet Goats Seven
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 835274158. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 835 274 158 (b) 852 741 58 (c) 833 527 4158 (d) 853 274 158
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 552336114. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 552 361 14 (b) 552 363 114 (c) 555 233 6114 (d) 552 336 114
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, rose, wallet, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWRU (b) RUWF (c) RWFU (d) URWF
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 830418465. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 830 418 465 (b) 304 184 65 (c) 830 418 4465 (d) 834 018 465
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 870989893336. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8709 9889 3336 (b) 8709 8989 3336 (c) 8700 9898 93336 (d) 8709 8983 336
22. 22.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, sock, ice cream? (a) Inside Seven Fly (b) Seven Inside Fly (c) Fly Seven Inside (d) Seven Fly Inside
26. 26.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, lemon, tomato, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTKM (b) KTLM (c) MLTK (d) LMTK
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Green (b) Green Wins Seven (c) Wins Green Seven (d) Wins Seven Green
31. 31.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Play Cook (b) Cats Play Cook Eight (c) Cats Eight Play Cook (d) Cook Play Cats Eight
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Silly Rani (b) Rani Silly Lazy Funny (c) Silly Rani Lazy Funny (d) Silly Lazy Funny Rani
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lazy Funny Red (b) Funny Lazy Silly Red (c) Silly Red Lazy Funny (d) Red Silly Lazy Funny
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, umbrella, wallet, sock, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UWSKT (b) KSWUT (c) UTWSK (d) TUWSK
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, coconut, key? (a) Green Crazy Kites (b) Crazy Kites Green (c) Crazy Green Kites (d) Kites Crazy Green
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 681910235. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 681 912 035 (b) 681 911 0235 (c) 681 910 235 (d) 681 102 35
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, pillow, monkey, rope, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRMPV (b) PVMRJ (c) VPMRJ (d) PMRJV

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