Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 739 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, ball, urn? (a) Bunny Silly Up (b) Silly Bunny Up (c) Bunny Up Silly (d) Up Bunny Silly
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, candle, fan, guava, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCFGP (b) CFGPU (c) PGFCU (d) CUFGP
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 804070128849. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8400 7012 8849 (b) 8040 7012 849 (c) 8040 7012 88849 (d) 8040 7012 8849
5. 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 182273455302. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1822 7435 5302 (b) 1822 7345 5302 (c) 1822 7345 53002 (d) 1822 7455 302
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cats Eat (b) Eat Cats Pink Cats (c) Eat Cats Cats Pink (d) Cats Eat Pink Cats
10. 10.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, tent, violin, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SVTO (b) TOVS (c) TVSO (d) OTVS
12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, inkpot, jeep, umbrella, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJUAF (b) IFJUA (c) FIJUA (d) AUJIF
16. 16.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eight Play Crazy (b) Cats Play Crazy Eight (c) Crazy Play Cats Eight (d) Eight Cats Play Crazy
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, inkpot, jeep, watch, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWJIM (b) MIJWG (c) IMJWG (d) IJWGM
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 313229649. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 313 229 649 (b) 312 329 649 (c) 313 222 9649 (d) 313 229 69
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 609985107. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 609 998 5107 (b) 609 851 07 (c) 609 985 107 (d) 609 958 107
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, monkey, watch? (a) Wise My Vans (b) My Wise Vans (c) My Vans Wise (d) Vans My Wise
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
24. 24.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 681567555948. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6815 7655 5948 (b) 6815 6755 59448 (c) 6815 6755 5948 (d) 6815 6755 598
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 318053374972. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3180 5337 4972 (b) 3185 0337 4972 (c) 3180 5337 49972 (d) 3105 3374 972
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 981440538590. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9814 0538 590 (b) 9814 4053 88590 (c) 9814 4035 8590 (d) 9814 4053 8590
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, owl, glass, frog, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFGOK (b) OKGFC (c) KOGFC (d) OGFCK
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 865820116. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 858 201 16 (b) 865 820 116 (c) 865 820 161 (d) 865 882 0116
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 149111266652. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1411 1266 652 (b) 1491 1126 6625 (c) 1491 1112 66652 (d) 1491 1126 6652
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Pink Crazy (b) Every Crazy Crazy Pink (c) Crazy Every Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Crazy Every
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, ball, jalebi? (a) Bakes Neat Jolly (b) Bakes Jolly Neat (c) Neat Bakes Jolly (d) Jolly Bakes Neat
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, tiger, glass? (a) Crazy Toys Green (b) Toys Green Crazy (c) Green Toys Crazy (d) Toys Crazy Green
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, frog, ladder? (a) Funny Lions Uncle (b) Lions Funny Uncle (c) Uncle Funny Lions (d) Funny Uncle Lions

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