Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 658 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
2. 2.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, ball, umpire? (a) Bakes Jeeps Uncle (b) Uncle Bakes Jeeps (c) Jeeps Bakes Uncle (d) Bakes Uncle Jeeps
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, ball, mirror, lemon, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULMBI (b) BMLUI (c) IBMLU (d) BIMLU
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 641018296651. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4101 8296 651 (b) 6410 8129 6651 (c) 6441 0182 96651 (d) 6410 1829 6651
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
9. 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 447985475. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 447 985 5475 (b) 447 985 475 (c) 474 985 475 (d) 447 985 75
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 214264618. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 214 426 4618 (b) 214 264 618 (c) 212 464 618 (d) 214 264 68
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 2737109121. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 273 710 9121 (b) 737 109 121 (c) 723 710 9121 (d) 273 711 09121
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Seven Rani (b) Seven Rani Lazy Fly (c) Seven Lazy Fly Rani (d) Rani Seven Lazy Fly
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, rose, cat? (a) Runs Seven Crazy (b) Seven Runs Crazy (c) Runs Crazy Seven (d) Crazy Runs Seven
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 291624825. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 291 662 4825 (b) 291 624 825 (c) 291 264 825 (d) 916 248 25
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, guava, candle? (a) Grab Cats Aunty (b) Aunty Grab Cats (c) Grab Aunty Cats (d) Cats Grab Aunty
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pink Cats (b) Eat Cook Pink Cats (c) Cook Pink Cats Eat (d) Cats Pink Cook Eat
26. 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Silly (b) Silly Wet Grab (c) Wet Silly Grab (d) Grab Wet Silly
30. 30.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
31. 31.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 7121669291. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 721 669 291 (b) 712 166 9291 (c) 712 166 2991 (d) 712 166 92291
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
35. 35.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink Aunty Eight (b) Aunty Pink Love Eight (c) Eight Love Pink Aunty (d) Love Eight Pink Aunty
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 630027221. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 630 272 21 (b) 630 027 2211 (c) 630 027 221 (d) 360 027 221
39. 39.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking

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