Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 588 · 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: ant, drum, whistle, owl, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DWOUA (b) ADWOU (c) UOWDA (d) DAWOU
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Fly Mice All (b) All Mice Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Mice All Jeeps (d) Fly Jeeps Mice All
3. 3.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, watch, kite, banana, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBKWN (b) NWKBS (c) WKBSN (d) WNKBS
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, needle, pillow? (a) Crazy Nani Pink (b) Pink Nani Crazy (c) Nani Pink Crazy (d) Nani Crazy Pink
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eight Pink Crazy (b) Eight Cats Pink Crazy (c) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (d) Cats Pink Crazy Eight
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 114694319404. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1146 9431 19404 (b) 1146 9431 9404 (c) 1146 9431 904 (d) 1146 9431 9044
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, needle, tomato, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVTS (b) VNTS (c) NTSV (d) STNV
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, net, frog, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFNU (b) UNFK (c) NFKU (d) NUFK
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 906894973. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 906 899 73 (b) 906 894 973 (c) 906 689 4973 (d) 960 894 973
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
16. 16.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
19. 19.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 152569657107. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1525 6965 71007 (b) 1255 6965 7107 (c) 1525 6965 7107 (d) 1525 6957 107
21. 21.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, tomato, onion, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TODL (b) LTOD (c) DOTL (d) TLOD
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 228787210. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 228 787 21 (b) 282 787 210 (c) 228 787 2100 (d) 228 787 210
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 798709366. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 978 709 366 (b) 798 709 36 (c) 798 700 9366 (d) 798 709 366
25. 25.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
27. 27.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Love Funny Rani (b) Funny Love Seven Rani (c) Seven Rani Love Funny (d) Rani Seven Love Funny
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, nest, tiger? (a) Runs Neat Toys (b) Toys Neat Runs (c) Neat Toys Runs (d) Neat Runs Toys
31. 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
35. 35.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 254321455. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 254 321 4455 (b) 254 321 455 (c) 253 214 55 (d) 524 321 455
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, umpire, vase? (a) Under Bunny Vines (b) Vines Under Bunny (c) Under Vines Bunny (d) Bunny Under Vines
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 1404811096. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 104 481 1096 (b) 114 048 11096 (c) 140 481 109 (d) 140 481 1096
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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