Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 748 · 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 steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 3568235574. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 356 823 5574 (b) 358 235 574 (c) 356 823 5754 (d) 356 682 35574
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 1390483218. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 139 084 3218 (b) 139 904 83218 (c) 390 483 218 (d) 139 048 3218
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 761700569. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 766 170 0569 (b) 761 700 569 (c) 761 705 69 (d) 761 705 069
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lions Fly (b) Seven Rani Lions Fly (c) Seven Lions Fly Rani (d) Fly Lions Seven Rani
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 922674322998. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2267 4322 998 (b) 9226 7432 29988 (c) 9226 7342 2998 (d) 9226 7432 2998
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, apple, drum, watch, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATDWU (b) ADWUT (c) TADWU (d) UWDAT
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 2411078817. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 241 107 881 (b) 241 107 8817 (c) 214 107 8817 (d) 241 107 88817
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, coconut, mango? (a) Cook Goats Mum (b) Goats Cook Mum (c) Cook Mum Goats (d) Mum Cook Goats
12. 12.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, ball, duck, jug, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVDJS (b) VBDJS (c) SJDBV (d) BDJSV
15. 15.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 6133785648. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 613 738 5648 (b) 613 378 564 (c) 613 378 5648 (d) 613 337 85648
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, needle, owl, umpire, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TNOUB (b) NTOUB (c) BUONT (d) NOUBT
19. 19.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 1229842790. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 984 22790 (b) 122 942 790 (c) 122 984 2790 (d) 129 284 2790
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, watch, monkey? (a) Love Wise Mice (b) Wise Love Mice (c) Wise Mice Love (d) Mice Wise Love
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
23. 23.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wins Goats (b) Wins Silly Goats (c) Wins Goats Silly (d) Goats Wins Silly
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
27. 27.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 5986364221. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 598 664 221 (b) 596 836 4221 (c) 598 636 4221 (d) 598 636 44221
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 309818308246. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3098 1830 08246 (b) 0398 1830 8246 (c) 3098 8308 246 (d) 3098 1830 8246
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 380637044964. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3806 3704 4694 (b) 3863 7044 964 (c) 3806 3704 44964 (d) 3806 3704 4964
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, fan, guava? (a) Grab Frogs Owls (b) Frogs Owls Grab (c) Owls Frogs Grab (d) Frogs Grab Owls
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
34. 34.🧰 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
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
37. 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
39. 39.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence

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