Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 649 · 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 chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, kettle, shoe, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSKU (b) KUSM (c) KSMU (d) UKSM
5. 5.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 432571003. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 432 571 003 (b) 342 571 003 (c) 432 571 0003 (d) 432 510 03
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 929971340211. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9297 1340 211 (b) 9299 1734 0211 (c) 9299 7134 0211 (d) 9299 7113 40211
12. 12.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 4042106823. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 042 106 823 (b) 404 210 6823 (c) 404 211 06823 (d) 044 210 6823
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, flute, doll, whistle, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDWIS (b) FSDWI (c) IWDFS (d) SFDWI
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lazy Seven Red (b) Seven Lazy Frogs Red (c) Seven Red Lazy Frogs (d) Red Seven Lazy Frogs
19. 19.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 7235814467. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 735 814 467 (b) 723 581 4467 (c) 725 381 4467 (d) 723 358 14467
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, fan, key? (a) Kind Funny Cook (b) Cook Funny Kind (c) Funny Cook Kind (d) Funny Kind Cook
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, jalebi, lamp, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJLI (b) ILJT (c) JTLI (d) JLIT
24. 24.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Goats (b) Wet Goats Seven (c) Goats Wet Seven (d) Wet Seven Goats
26. 26.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 1330005475. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 133 000 5475 (b) 133 000 54475 (c) 133 005 475 (d) 133 005 0475
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Sing (b) Wet Sing Grab (c) Sing Wet Grab (d) Grab Wet Sing
30. 30.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 606244347390. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6062 4434 7390 (b) 6024 4347 390 (c) 6062 4434 73390 (d) 6062 4443 7390
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Silly (b) Wise Green Silly (c) Silly Wise Green (d) Wise Silly Green
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 129899779. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 129 899 79 (b) 129 899 779 (c) 192 899 779 (d) 129 899 9779
38. 38.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, umbrella, jalebi, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NUJO (b) OJUN (c) UNJO (d) UJON
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 414331166953. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4143 3166 953 (b) 4143 3116 66953 (c) 4143 3116 6935 (d) 4143 3116 6953

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