Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 666 · 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: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, lemon, vase? (a) Lazy Frogs Vines (b) Vines Lazy Frogs (c) Lazy Vines Frogs (d) Frogs Lazy Vines
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
6. 6.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) chunking
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 873811791. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 838 117 91 (b) 873 811 791 (c) 837 811 791 (d) 873 811 1791
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cats Eight (b) Eight Crazy Play Cats (c) Crazy Eight Play Cats (d) Cats Play Crazy Eight
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
13. 13.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 101051956. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 101 015 956 (b) 110 105 1956 (c) 101 519 56 (d) 101 051 956
15. 15.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 300694215355. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3009 6421 5355 (b) 3069 4215 355 (c) 3006 9421 15355 (d) 3006 9421 5355
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 728648125. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 728 648 125 (b) 278 648 125 (c) 286 481 25 (d) 728 644 8125
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, ladder, candle? (a) Cook Lions Neat (b) Lions Cook Neat (c) Lions Neat Cook (d) Neat Lions Cook
21. 21.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Eight Nani (b) Nani Eight Silly Wins (c) Eight Silly Wins Nani (d) Eight Nani Silly Wins
23. 23.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, mango, watch? (a) Nine Mum Wise (b) Mum Nine Wise (c) Mum Wise Nine (d) Wise Mum Nine
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cook Eight (b) Eight Crazy Pigs Cook (c) Cook Pigs Crazy Eight (d) Crazy Eight Pigs Cook
30. 30.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, umbrella, anchor, monkey, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UKAMO (b) UAMOK (c) KUAMO (d) OMAUK
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, net, tiger, duck, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADTNV (b) NVTDA (c) VNTDA (d) NTDAV
35. 35.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 3212172627. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 321 271 2627 (b) 321 217 26227 (c) 321 217 2627 (d) 321 217 627
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 615722781. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 615 227 81 (b) 615 722 781 (c) 615 722 7811 (d) 615 272 781
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, jalebi, lemon? (a) Jump Lazy Old (b) Jump Old Lazy (c) Old Jump Lazy (d) Lazy Jump Old

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