Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 611 · 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: ant, whistle, tiger? (a) Wet Aunty Tea (b) Aunty Wet Tea (c) Wet Tea Aunty (d) Tea Wet Aunty
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
3. 3.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
4. 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
5. 5.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, ladder, banana? (a) Goats Lions Bunny (b) Lions Bunny Goats (c) Lions Goats Bunny (d) Bunny Lions Goats
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, ice cream, jalebi, radio, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJRCK (b) IKJRC (c) CRJIK (d) KIJRC
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, tent, rose, wallet, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITRWC (b) TIRWC (c) CWRTI (d) TRWCI
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 3577261474. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 357 726 1474 (b) 537 726 1474 (c) 357 726 474 (d) 357 722 61474
13. 13.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
16. 16.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
18. 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, anchor, ladder? (a) Ants Runs Lazy (b) Runs Ants Lazy (c) Ants Lazy Runs (d) Lazy Ants Runs
20. 20.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 703555807. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 703 555 8007 (b) 703 558 07 (c) 703 555 870 (d) 703 555 807
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 8793999018. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 879 399 99018 (b) 879 399 901 (c) 897 399 9018 (d) 879 399 9018
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Sing Lazy Funny (b) Funny Lazy Sing Red (c) Sing Lazy Funny Red (d) Sing Red Lazy Funny
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 267300208. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 267 300 280 (b) 267 302 08 (c) 267 300 208 (d) 267 300 2208
27. 27.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 969199763409. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9691 1997 63409 (b) 9691 9976 3409 (c) 9691 9976 3049 (d) 9691 9976 409
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 7052795733. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 750 279 5733 (b) 705 279 573 (c) 705 279 57733 (d) 705 279 5733
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
32. 32.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lions Pink All (b) Lions Pink All Eat (c) All Pink Lions Eat (d) Lions Eat Pink All
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 6744059092. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 674 405 99092 (b) 764 405 9092 (c) 674 405 9092 (d) 744 059 092
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 9533411836. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 953 341 1836 (b) 533 411 836 (c) 593 341 1836 (d) 953 341 11836
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, lamp, cat, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCUT (b) TLCU (c) LTCU (d) UCLT
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 4700827713. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 470 088 27713 (b) 470 082 7713 (c) 470 827 713 (d) 470 028 7713
39. 39.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) chunking
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, mango, watch, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MAWF (b) MWFA (c) FWMA (d) AMWF

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