Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 592 · 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: onion, flute, monkey? (a) Frogs Mice Old (b) Mice Frogs Old (c) Old Frogs Mice (d) Frogs Old Mice
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
3. 3.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 227271183. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 227 721 183 (b) 227 271 183 (c) 227 727 1183 (d) 227 211 83
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, monkey, fan? (a) All Mice Fly (b) Mice All Fly (c) Mice Fly All (d) Fly Mice All
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Play Cats (b) Crazy Play Cats Eat (c) Crazy Eat Play Cats (d) Cats Play Crazy Eat
11. 11.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 5008150030. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 500 815 00030 (b) 500 810 030 (c) 500 815 0030 (d) 500 815 0003
13. 13.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 181192784. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 181 192 74 (b) 181 192 784 (c) 811 192 784 (d) 181 119 2784
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 857309837. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 875 309 837 (b) 857 309 9837 (c) 857 309 837 (d) 873 098 37
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 3956031138. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 395 603 11388 (b) 395 603 1138 (c) 395 601 138 (d) 395 630 1138
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 3490441234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 349 441 234 (b) 349 044 1234 (c) 349 044 41234 (d) 349 044 1243
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 2202644265. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 222 026 44265 (b) 202 264 4265 (c) 220 264 465 (d) 220 264 4265
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
20. 20.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, sock, bucket? (a) Funny Seven Big (b) Seven Funny Big (c) Seven Big Funny (d) Big Seven Funny
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lazy Eat (b) Lazy Eat Play Aunty (c) Eat Lazy Play Aunty (d) Lazy Play Aunty Eat
23. 23.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, radio, ant, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CARW (b) WRAC (c) RACW (d) RWAC
25. 25.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 910791952910. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9107 9195 9210 (b) 9179 1952 910 (c) 9110 7919 52910 (d) 9107 9195 2910
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
31. 31.🔤 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
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 4213853184. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 213 853 184 (b) 421 385 3184 (c) 241 385 3184 (d) 421 338 53184
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, violin, ant, jug, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OJAVK (b) VKAJO (c) VAJOK (d) KVAJO
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, duck, rope, tent, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATRDG (b) DGRTA (c) DRTAG (d) GDRTA
37. 37.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, mirror, orange, shoe, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MOSCR (b) RMOSC (c) MROSC (d) CSOMR
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 707893624412. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7078 9362 4412 (b) 7089 3624 412 (c) 7078 8936 24412 (d) 7079 8362 4412

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