Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 713 · 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: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 541352789224. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5413 5278 922 (b) 5143 5278 9224 (c) 5413 5278 9224 (d) 5413 5278 92224
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 916972523. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 916 972 523 (b) 196 972 523 (c) 916 972 5233 (d) 916 925 23
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
5. 5.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Every Sing Wise (b) Every Sing Wise Neat (c) Every Neat Sing Wise (d) Wise Sing Every Neat
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 9023324861. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 902 332 4681 (b) 902 332 4861 (c) 902 233 24861 (d) 903 324 861
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pink Cook (b) Eat Cook Cook Pink (c) Cook Eat Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cook Eat
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
10. 10.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 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) nothing at all (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, vase, key? (a) Kites Vans Frogs (b) Frogs Vans Kites (c) Vans Frogs Kites (d) Vans Kites Frogs
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mice Frogs Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs Mice Ants (c) Frogs Mice Ants Jolly (d) Frogs Jolly Mice Ants
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
19. 19.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, apple, umpire? (a) Under All Kites (b) All Under Kites (c) All Kites Under (d) Kites All Under
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Sing Wet Nani (b) Nani Eight Sing Wet (c) Wet Sing Eight Nani (d) Eight Nani Sing Wet
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Grab Sing (b) Grab Wins Sing (c) Sing Wins Grab (d) Wins Sing Grab
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, parrot, igloo? (a) Pigs Inside Bunny (b) Bunny Pigs Inside (c) Pigs Bunny Inside (d) Inside Pigs Bunny
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, ball, ice cream? (a) Inside Big Ants (b) Big Ants Inside (c) Big Inside Ants (d) Ants Big Inside
29. 29.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, vase, guava? (a) Vines Lions Grab (b) Vines Grab Lions (c) Grab Vines Lions (d) Lions Vines Grab
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 978205390. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 978 253 90 (b) 997 820 5390 (c) 978 205 390 (d) 978 205 309
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wins Neat (b) Wins Seven Every Neat (c) Every Neat Seven Wins (d) Neat Every Seven Wins
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Frogs Jeeps (c) Frogs Mum Aunty Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs Mum Aunty
35. 35.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, orange, needle, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FNOB (b) ONFB (c) BONF (d) OBNF
37. 37.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 641964865. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 641 694 865 (b) 641 964 8865 (c) 641 964 865 (d) 641 648 65
39. 39.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
40. 40.🔤 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

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