Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 712 · 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.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
3. 3.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Sing Goats (b) Wet Goats Sing (c) Sing Wet Goats (d) Goats Wet Sing
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Pink Cats (b) Crazy Pink Cats Eat (c) Cats Pink Crazy Eat (d) Crazy Eat Pink Cats
6. 6.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🔤 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
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 502175151. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 502 175 15 (b) 502 175 151 (c) 052 175 151 (d) 502 175 1551
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, goat, rose? (a) Dogs Green Rani (b) Green Dogs Rani (c) Green Rani Dogs (d) Rani Green Dogs
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
12. 12.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 300201962323. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3020 0196 2323 (b) 3002 0019 62323 (c) 3002 0196 2323 (d) 3002 0196 323
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
17. 17.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, flute, igloo? (a) Funny Grab Ice (b) Ice Funny Grab (c) Funny Ice Grab (d) Grab Funny Ice
20. 20.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 3766606219. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 376 660 06219 (b) 376 660 619 (c) 376 660 6219 (d) 367 660 6219
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) APISA
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 122128765857. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1221 2876 5857 (b) 1221 2876 8557 (c) 1222 1287 65857 (d) 1212 8765 857
25. 25.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 116804471530. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1168 4047 1530 (b) 1166 8044 71530 (c) 1168 0447 1530 (d) 1160 4471 530
30. 30.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My All Jolly (b) Fly Jolly My All (c) Jolly Fly My All (d) All My Fly Jolly
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 250317978578. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2503 1799 78578 (b) 2503 1797 8578 (c) 2503 1797 5878 (d) 5031 7978 578
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 713622391460. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7136 2231 460 (b) 7136 2239 1460 (c) 7136 2239 4160 (d) 7113 6223 91460
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 5052171174. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 550 217 1174 (b) 505 217 71174 (c) 552 171 174 (d) 505 217 1174
36. 36.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, cat, monkey? (a) My Cook Under (b) Cook My Under (c) Under Cook My (d) Cook Under My
38. 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, cat, van? (a) Vines Crazy Funny (b) Crazy Funny Vines (c) Crazy Vines Funny (d) Funny Crazy Vines

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