Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 633 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
3. 3.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 571192582. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 571 119 2582 (b) 571 192 58 (c) 571 192 582 (d) 751 192 582
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Ants Eight (b) Eight Lazy Play Ants (c) Ants Play Lazy Eight (d) Lazy Eight Play Ants
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lions Fly Runs (b) Runs Silly Lions Fly (c) Fly Lions Silly Runs (d) Silly Runs Lions Fly
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, van, pillow, glass, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWPGO (b) VPGOW (c) WVPGO (d) OGPVW
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mum Fly Jump (b) Fly Jump Mum All (c) Fly Mum All Jump (d) Jump Fly Mum All
17. 17.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, banana, jalebi, onion, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBJOF (b) BKJOF (c) BJOFK (d) FOJBK
22. 22.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 5263557893. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 526 357 5893 (b) 526 355 7893 (c) 526 355 789 (d) 526 355 78993
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, inkpot, umpire? (a) Ink Lazy Under (b) Under Ink Lazy (c) Ink Under Lazy (d) Lazy Ink Under
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, jug, doll, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDTO (b) JODT (c) OJDT (d) TDJO
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 131876085962. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1318 7608 596 (b) 1318 7608 5962 (c) 1318 7760 85962 (d) 1138 7608 5962
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, frog, cat? (a) Frogs Crazy Vines (b) Crazy Frogs Vines (c) Vines Frogs Crazy (d) Frogs Vines Crazy
31. 31.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 304181342287. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3041 8134 22877 (b) 3018 1342 287 (c) 3041 8134 2287 (d) 3041 8134 2278
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Pigs Ants (b) Love Pigs Ants Eat (c) Eat Love Pigs Ants (d) Ants Pigs Love Eat
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 996010735807. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9960 1073 580 (b) 9960 1107 35807 (c) 9960 1073 5807 (d) 9960 1703 5807
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, kite, ant? (a) Wins Kids All (b) All Kids Wins (c) Kids Wins All (d) Kids All Wins

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