Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 670 · 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: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, wallet, mirror, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMWN (b) WNMO (c) WMON (d) NWMO
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 326872220. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 326 722 20 (b) 326 872 202 (c) 326 872 220 (d) 326 872 2200
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 315028389261. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3150 2838 9261 (b) 3150 2839 8261 (c) 3150 2838 92661 (d) 3150 2389 261
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, van, ice cream? (a) Vans Ink Pink (b) Vans Pink Ink (c) Ink Vans Pink (d) Pink Vans Ink
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, urn, shoe? (a) Bunny Uncle Sing (b) Uncle Bunny Sing (c) Uncle Sing Bunny (d) Sing Uncle Bunny
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 3460040029. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 344 600 40029 (b) 364 004 0029 (c) 346 004 0029 (d) 346 004 029
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wins Nani (b) Every Nani Silly Wins (c) Nani Every Silly Wins (d) Wins Silly Every Nani
14. 14.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, kettle, tiger? (a) Tea Kites Vines (b) Kites Vines Tea (c) Vines Kites Tea (d) Kites Tea Vines
17. 17.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 6264943215. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 626 449 3215 (b) 626 494 215 (c) 626 494 3215 (d) 622 649 43215
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Grab (b) Wise Grab Seven (c) Grab Wise Seven (d) Seven Wise Grab
23. 23.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
25. 25.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, frog, goat? (a) Green Funny My (b) Funny Green My (c) My Funny Green (d) Funny My Green
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, vase, radio, umbrella, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRUGW (b) GURVW (c) WVRUG (d) VWRUG
31. 31.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 804287811620. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 0428 7811 620 (b) 8042 8781 16620 (c) 8042 8781 1602 (d) 8042 8781 1620
33. 33.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a long story
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 831514636333. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8315 1466 36333 (b) 8315 1463 6333 (c) 8311 4636 333 (d) 8315 1466 3333
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
37. 37.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 9074321815. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 907 432 1185 (b) 907 743 21815 (c) 907 321 815 (d) 907 432 1815
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Silly Red (b) Silly Red Lazy Funny (c) Red Silly Lazy Funny (d) Silly Lazy Funny Red

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