Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 756 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, jug, violin, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVJT (b) JTVL (c) TJVL (d) JVLT
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, bucket, doll? (a) Big Dance Lions (b) Dance Big Lions (c) Big Lions Dance (d) Lions Big Dance
4. 4.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, lemon, duck? (a) Dogs Lazy Tea (b) Tea Lazy Dogs (c) Lazy Dogs Tea (d) Lazy Tea Dogs
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, orange, lemon? (a) Silly Old Love (b) Old Love Silly (c) Love Old Silly (d) Old Silly Love
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) WSG
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 6294290945. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 629 492 0945 (b) 629 429 095 (c) 629 422 90945 (d) 629 429 0945
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 228634301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 228 634 301 (b) 226 834 301 (c) 226 343 01 (d) 228 634 3001
19. 19.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 178959856. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 178 959 56 (b) 178 895 9856 (c) 178 958 956 (d) 178 959 856
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, orange, ice cream, anchor, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORIAC (b) OIACR (c) CAIOR (d) ROIAC
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 690278253. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 690 728 253 (b) 690 278 23 (c) 690 278 253 (d) 690 278 8253
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, lamp, kettle, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CKLT (b) TLKC (c) LKCT (d) LTKC
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 586490062. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 584 690 062 (b) 586 490 062 (c) 586 490 0062 (d) 586 400 62
27. 27.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 665202666. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 656 202 666 (b) 652 026 66 (c) 665 202 666 (d) 665 220 2666
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, lemon, ball? (a) Bunny Lions Red (b) Red Lions Bunny (c) Lions Red Bunny (d) Lions Bunny Red
30. 30.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
31. 31.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) chunking
33. 33.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
35. 35.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 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
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, key, banana, tomato, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTBKL (b) LKBTN (c) KBTNL (d) KLBTN
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 7466089415. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 746 608 9415 (b) 746 608 94155 (c) 746 608 945 (d) 746 680 9415

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