Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 78 · 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: fan, anchor, lemon? (a) Frogs Aunty Lions (b) Aunty Lions Frogs (c) Lions Aunty Frogs (d) Aunty Frogs Lions
2. 2.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, parrot, tomato? (a) Sing Play Tiny (b) Play Sing Tiny (c) Tiny Play Sing (d) Play Tiny Sing
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 4718264153. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 471 822 64153 (b) 471 286 4153 (c) 471 826 4153 (d) 418 264 153
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 336631556039. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3366 3155 6039 (b) 3363 6155 6039 (c) 3366 6315 56039 (d) 3366 3556 039
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, rope, parrot? (a) Rani Dad Pink (b) Rani Pink Dad (c) Dad Rani Pink (d) Pink Rani Dad
12. 12.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
14. 14.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 940171954782. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9401 7159 4782 (b) 9401 7195 782 (c) 9940 1719 54782 (d) 9401 7195 4782
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, watch, ice cream, owl, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WMION (b) NOIWM (c) WIONM (d) MWION
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, candle, pillow? (a) Cook Pigs Tiny (b) Cook Tiny Pigs (c) Tiny Cook Pigs (d) Pigs Cook Tiny
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 6560735502. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 656 735 502 (b) 656 073 5052 (c) 656 073 5502 (d) 656 073 55502
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wet Green (b) Green Wet Silly (c) Wet Silly Green (d) Wet Green Silly
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 662106081847. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6621 0608 1847 (b) 6621 0601 8847 (c) 6621 0608 184 (d) 6621 0608 18847
25. 25.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, tomato, key, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFKO (b) OKTF (c) FTKO (d) TKOF
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
30. 30.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 8859594757. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 859 594 757 (b) 889 559 4757 (c) 885 959 4757 (d) 885 595 94757
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, tent, shoe, glass, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WGSTI (b) ITSGW (c) TSGWI (d) TISGW
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 940121100. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 940 121 100 (b) 940 121 1100 (c) 940 121 010 (d) 901 211 00
37. 37.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, goat, wallet, radio, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGWRI (b) IRWGF (c) GFWRI (d) GWRIF
39. 39.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP

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