Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 68 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, violin, tomato, radio, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTRJA (b) AVTRJ (c) JRTVA (d) VATRJ
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, ice cream, bucket? (a) Very Ice Big (b) Ice Big Very (c) Ice Very Big (d) Big Ice Very
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Play Cook (b) Cats Play Cook Every (c) Every Cats Play Cook (d) Cook Play Cats Every
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 645695106372. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6456 5106 372 (b) 6465 9510 6372 (c) 6456 9510 06372 (d) 6456 9510 6372
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 624487522494. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6244 8752 2494 (b) 6244 8522 494 (c) 6624 4875 22494 (d) 6248 4752 2494
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, glass, pillow? (a) Green Seven Pink (b) Green Pink Seven (c) Seven Green Pink (d) Pink Green Seven
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, van, drum, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VGDP (b) GVDP (c) PDVG (d) VDPG
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔤 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
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 245753444. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 245 753 444 (b) 245 534 44 (c) 245 573 444 (d) 245 753 4444
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, tomato, kettle? (a) Kind Tea Crazy (b) Crazy Tea Kind (c) Tea Kind Crazy (d) Tea Crazy Kind
18. 18.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Play All (b) All Play Love Eight (c) Love Play All Eight (d) Eight Love Play All
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, glass, key? (a) Grab Kites Toys (b) Grab Toys Kites (c) Kites Grab Toys (d) Toys Grab Kites
23. 23.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, doll, sock, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDSG (b) DISG (c) GSDI (d) DSGI
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 9655541149. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 965 541 149 (b) 965 551 4149 (c) 965 554 1149 (d) 965 555 41149
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 256978766. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 259 787 66 (b) 255 697 8766 (c) 256 978 766 (d) 526 978 766
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, glass, van? (a) Green Play Vines (b) Vines Green Play (c) Play Green Vines (d) Green Vines Play
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cook Every (b) Cook Every Pink Cook (c) Every Cook Pink Cook (d) Every Cook Cook Pink
31. 31.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 967636389. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 967 636 389 (b) 967 636 3899 (c) 967 663 89 (d) 697 636 389
33. 33.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, whistle, goat, kite, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WGKSM (b) SKGWM (c) MWGKS (d) WMGKS
36. 36.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, candle, urn, flute, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WCUFP (b) CWUFP (c) PFUCW (d) CUFPW
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all

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