Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 710 · 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: doll, coconut, flute, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCFW (b) CDFW (c) WFCD (d) CFWD
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 830105192. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 830 151 92 (b) 831 005 192 (c) 830 105 1922 (d) 830 105 192
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Silly Wins (b) Nine Every Silly Wins (c) Wins Silly Every Nine (d) Every Silly Wins Nine
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, mango, guava, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MNGL (b) MGLN (c) NMGL (d) LGMN
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Pink Cats (b) Cook Pink Cats Eight (c) Eight Cook Pink Cats (d) Cats Pink Cook Eight
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
9. 9.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Love Silly Rani (b) Silly Rani Love Fly (c) Rani Silly Love Fly (d) Silly Love Fly Rani
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 258997616. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 289 976 16 (b) 258 997 616 (c) 258 997 6616 (d) 258 997 661
13. 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 231800035276. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2311 8000 35276 (b) 2180 0035 276 (c) 2310 8003 5276 (d) 2318 0003 5276
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
17. 17.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, rose, violin? (a) Runs Cats Very (b) Very Runs Cats (c) Runs Very Cats (d) Cats Runs Very
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, jalebi, net? (a) Neat Jeeps Lazy (b) Jeeps Lazy Neat (c) Lazy Jeeps Neat (d) Jeeps Neat Lazy
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Silly Wins (b) Wins Silly Eight Nani (c) Nani Eight Silly Wins (d) Eight Silly Wins Nani
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 237371626. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 237 371 6266 (b) 237 371 266 (c) 237 316 26 (d) 237 371 626
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Runs Lazy Funny (b) Sing Lazy Funny Runs (c) Funny Lazy Sing Runs (d) Runs Sing Lazy Funny
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 772539947371. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7725 3994 7371 (b) 7725 3994 371 (c) 7725 5399 47371 (d) 7725 3994 7731
26. 26.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, van, tiger? (a) Vans Ice Tiny (b) Vans Tiny Ice (c) Tiny Vans Ice (d) Ice Vans Tiny
28. 28.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Seven Runs (b) Seven Lions Fly Runs (c) Seven Runs Lions Fly (d) Runs Seven Lions Fly
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, ice cream, nest? (a) Nine Ink Jump (b) Jump Ink Nine (c) Ink Nine Jump (d) Ink Jump Nine
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, pencil, whistle, mango, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWMIJ (b) PJWMI (c) IMWPJ (d) JPWMI
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 302312680. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 302 312 68 (b) 320 312 680 (c) 302 311 2680 (d) 302 312 680
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 743080535595. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4730 8053 5595 (b) 4308 0535 595 (c) 7430 8053 5595 (d) 7430 8053 55995
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 5139839847. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 513 839 847 (b) 513 983 98477 (c) 513 983 9847 (d) 513 938 9847
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
37. 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧰 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
39. 39.🧰 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
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 720731504315. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7200 7315 04315 (b) 7207 3105 4315 (c) 7073 1504 315 (d) 7207 3150 4315

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