Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 587 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, frog, cat? (a) Vines Frogs Cook (b) Cook Frogs Vines (c) Frogs Cook Vines (d) Frogs Vines Cook
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
3. 3.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 9704693704. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 970 469 3704 (b) 970 469 7304 (c) 970 046 93704 (d) 974 693 704
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, rope, nest? (a) Runs Neat Green (b) Neat Runs Green (c) Runs Green Neat (d) Green Runs Neat
7. 7.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 859261210. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 859 216 210 (b) 859 612 10 (c) 859 261 2210 (d) 859 261 210
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Silly Rani (b) Silly Love Frogs Rani (c) Rani Silly Love Frogs (d) Silly Rani Love Frogs
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 948792369197. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9487 9236 917 (b) 9487 9236 1997 (c) 9487 9236 9197 (d) 9487 9236 91997
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, candle, watch, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWCT (b) CTWP (c) CWPT (d) TCWP
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 577102204896. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5771 0204 896 (b) 5771 0220 4986 (c) 5771 0220 4896 (d) 5577 1022 04896
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
21. 21.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 2300842423. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 842 423 (b) 233 008 42423 (c) 203 084 2423 (d) 230 084 2423
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Frogs Runs (b) Frogs Lazy Seven Runs (c) Runs Seven Lazy Frogs (d) Seven Runs Lazy Frogs
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 274291043. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 742 910 43 (b) 274 219 043 (c) 274 229 1043 (d) 274 291 043
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, umpire, violin, lemon, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WUVLA (b) UVLAW (c) ALVUW (d) UWVLA
26. 26.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, guava, spoon, kettle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GJSKB (b) JGSKB (c) GSKBJ (d) BKSGJ
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny Mice All (b) Funny Jolly Mice All (c) Funny Mice All Jolly (d) All Mice Funny Jolly
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 5800994865. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 580 994 865 (b) 580 094 9865 (c) 580 099 4865 (d) 580 099 48655
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, flute, glass? (a) Green Fly Cats (b) Fly Cats Green (c) Cats Fly Green (d) Fly Green Cats
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, orange, frog, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFOG (b) OGFC (c) OFCG (d) GOFC
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, guava, mango? (a) Green Kind Mice (b) Kind Green Mice (c) Green Mice Kind (d) Mice Green Kind
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Aunty Every (b) Aunty Play Lazy Every (c) Lazy Every Play Aunty (d) Every Lazy Play Aunty
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
40. 40.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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