Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 619 · 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.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, candle, pencil? (a) Pigs Cats Ants (b) Cats Ants Pigs (c) Ants Cats Pigs (d) Cats Pigs Ants
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump My Aunty (b) Frogs My Aunty Jump (c) Aunty My Frogs Jump (d) Jump Frogs My Aunty
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, onion, glass? (a) Owls Grab Funny (b) Funny Owls Grab (c) Grab Owls Funny (d) Owls Funny Grab
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 568749841. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 568 749 41 (b) 568 749 8441 (c) 568 749 841 (d) 568 748 941
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, drum, radio? (a) Dad Owls Red (b) Red Dad Owls (c) Owls Dad Red (d) Dad Red Owls
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 4073234430. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 407 322 34430 (b) 407 324 3430 (c) 407 323 4430 (d) 407 334 430
10. 10.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Pink Cats (b) Cook Pink Cats Every (c) Cook Every Pink Cats (d) Cats Pink Cook Every
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 609790108938. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6097 9010 89338 (b) 6097 9010 8938 (c) 0979 0108 938 (d) 6097 9001 8938
14. 14.🔤 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
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
16. 16.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, jug, needle, owl, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JNOIB (b) IONJB (c) BJNOI (d) JBNOI
20. 20.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, jeep, whistle? (a) Jolly Bunny Wise (b) Bunny Jolly Wise (c) Jolly Wise Bunny (d) Wise Jolly Bunny
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, ant, glass? (a) Green Ants Ink (b) Ink Ants Green (c) Ants Green Ink (d) Ants Ink Green
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
25. 25.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 270102320. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 207 102 320 (b) 227 010 2320 (c) 270 102 320 (d) 270 102 32
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
28. 28.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Seven (b) Wise Seven Green (c) Green Wise Seven (d) Seven Wise Green
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 2129034624. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 903 4624 (b) 212 903 34624 (c) 212 903 462 (d) 212 903 4624
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 4091084169. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 409 108 4196 (b) 409 108 169 (c) 409 108 41169 (d) 409 108 4169
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Every (b) Cats Pink Crazy Every (c) Cats Every Pink Crazy (d) Every Cats Pink Crazy
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, umpire, jalebi? (a) Up Grab Jump (b) Jump Up Grab (c) Grab Up Jump (d) Up Jump Grab
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 910700696930. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9107 0069 6930 (b) 9100 7069 6930 (c) 9910 7006 96930 (d) 9100 0696 930
39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 482399344. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 482 339 9344 (b) 482 399 434 (c) 482 393 44 (d) 482 399 344

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