Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 753 · 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 the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Sing Eight Neat (b) Eight Sing Wins Neat (c) Neat Eight Sing Wins (d) Eight Neat Sing Wins
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 8949949280. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 894 499 49280 (b) 849 994 9280 (c) 894 994 928 (d) 894 994 9280
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, pencil, glass, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SPGB (b) BGPS (c) PGBS (d) PSGB
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, doll, tent, fan, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJTFO (b) JDTFO (c) DTFOJ (d) OFTDJ
7. 7.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 7020702016. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 702 070 2016 (b) 700 207 02016 (c) 020 702 016 (d) 072 070 2016
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 232340538493. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2322 3405 38493 (b) 3234 0538 493 (c) 2323 4053 8493 (d) 2323 4053 4893
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 492108900221. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4912 0890 0221 (b) 4921 0890 02221 (c) 4921 0890 021 (d) 4921 0890 0221
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
16. 16.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
19. 19.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Silly Wet (b) Eight Silly Wet Neat (c) Wet Silly Eight Neat (d) Neat Eight Silly Wet
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 1200981572. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 120 009 81572 (b) 120 098 1572 (c) 100 981 572 (d) 102 098 1572
22. 22.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
24. 24.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 702842526. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 702 842 26 (b) 702 842 526 (c) 700 284 2526 (d) 702 482 526
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 7752844120. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 775 284 41220 (b) 775 284 4120 (c) 775 284 412 (d) 772 584 4120
29. 29.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, anchor, needle? (a) Aunty Nani Crazy (b) Aunty Crazy Nani (c) Nani Aunty Crazy (d) Crazy Aunty Nani
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.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
33. 33.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, orange, key, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RKOP (b) POKR (c) OKRP (d) OPKR
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, igloo, goat? (a) Ice Mum Grab (b) Mum Ice Grab (c) Ice Grab Mum (d) Grab Ice Mum
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Eat (b) Cats Eat Pink Cook (c) Eat Cats Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cats Eat
38. 38.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 214554847731. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2145 5484 47731 (b) 2145 5484 7731 (c) 2154 5484 7731 (d) 2145 5484 731
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ

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