Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 729 · 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) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
2. 2.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, duck, inkpot? (a) Ink Dogs Under (b) Dogs Ink Under (c) Under Dogs Ink (d) Dogs Under Ink
4. 4.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
7. 7.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Every (b) Every Cats Pink Crazy (c) Cats Pink Crazy Every (d) Cats Every Pink Crazy
9. 9.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, ice cream, van, urn, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIVUO (b) OUVIG (c) IGVUO (d) IVUOG
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, sock, doll, onion, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSDOW (b) SFDOW (c) WODSF (d) SDOWF
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Every (b) Cats Every Play Crazy (c) Crazy Play Cats Every (d) Every Cats Play Crazy
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
15. 15.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) APLE
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, kite, pillow, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KPMN (b) NKPM (c) MPKN (d) KNPM
19. 19.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, duck, jalebi, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BJDG (b) DJBG (c) DGJB (d) GDJB
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, igloo, rope? (a) Ice Runs Aunty (b) Ice Aunty Runs (c) Runs Ice Aunty (d) Aunty Ice Runs
23. 23.🧰 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
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 207229315. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 207 229 351 (b) 207 222 9315 (c) 202 293 15 (d) 207 229 315
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 823037253. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 823 372 53 (b) 823 037 253 (c) 882 303 7253 (d) 832 037 253
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Pigs All (b) Eight Lions Pigs All (c) Lions Pigs All Eight (d) All Pigs Lions Eight
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, onion, frog? (a) Funny Old Rani (b) Rani Old Funny (c) Old Rani Funny (d) Old Funny Rani
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 9274309034. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 927 430 904 (b) 927 430 90334 (c) 297 430 9034 (d) 927 430 9034
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Sing Wins Nani (b) Wins Sing Eight Nani (c) Eight Nani Sing Wins (d) Nani Eight Sing Wins
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 328876147406. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3288 7641 7406 (b) 3288 7611 47406 (c) 3288 7614 7406 (d) 3288 7614 740
32. 32.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 425787743. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 427 587 743 (b) 425 787 743 (c) 425 787 7443 (d) 425 787 73
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Sing Runs (b) Sing Lazy Fly Runs (c) Runs Sing Lazy Fly (d) Sing Runs Lazy Fly
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Play Cats (b) Crazy Play Cats Eat (c) Cats Play Crazy Eat (d) Eat Crazy Play Cats
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
39. 39.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme

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