Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 728 · 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 acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 407767873679. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4077 6787 3679 (b) 4077 6787 369 (c) 4077 6787 6379 (d) 4077 7678 73679
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 5812608607. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 558 126 08607 (b) 581 260 8607 (c) 581 260 867 (d) 582 160 8607
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, coconut, lemon, jeep, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCLJG (b) GJLCU (c) CLJGU (d) CULJG
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, key, rope, ant, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKRAC (b) KBRAC (c) KRACB (d) CARKB
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 277023779. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 277 203 779 (b) 277 022 3779 (c) 277 023 77 (d) 277 023 779
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, ice cream, coconut? (a) Mice Inside Cook (b) Inside Cook Mice (c) Inside Mice Cook (d) Cook Inside Mice
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, igloo, coconut? (a) Cook Ice Fly (b) Ice Cook Fly (c) Fly Ice Cook (d) Ice Fly Cook
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
15. 15.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 2705492529. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 270 549 92529 (b) 270 549 2529 (c) 270 542 9529 (d) 275 492 529
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 9249932907. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 924 999 32907 (b) 924 993 2907 (c) 942 993 2907 (d) 924 993 207
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 298935235. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 298 935 2235 (b) 298 935 253 (c) 298 935 235 (d) 298 935 25
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
21. 21.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 7658263354. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 765 826 335 (b) 765 882 63354 (c) 765 826 3354 (d) 765 826 3345
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, coconut, apple, lamp, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MCALU (b) ULACM (c) CMALU (d) CALUM
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mice Funny Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny Mice Ants (c) Funny Jeeps Mice Ants (d) Funny Mice Ants Jeeps
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, guava, pillow? (a) Goats Play Rani (b) Goats Rani Play (c) Play Goats Rani (d) Rani Goats Play
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 2908643570. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 290 864 5370 (b) 290 864 3570 (c) 299 086 43570 (d) 290 864 357
30. 30.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, fan, tiger, pencil, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBTPO (b) OPTFB (c) FTPOB (d) BFTPO
32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
37. 37.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 154633733. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 154 663 3733 (b) 154 637 333 (c) 154 633 733 (d) 146 337 33
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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