Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 805 · 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.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, onion, rope? (a) Owls Red Bunny (b) Red Owls Bunny (c) Bunny Owls Red (d) Owls Bunny Red
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 708255264. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 708 255 624 (b) 700 825 5264 (c) 708 255 264 (d) 082 552 64
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, parrot, jeep? (a) Bunny Play Jeeps (b) Play Jeeps Bunny (c) Jeeps Play Bunny (d) Play Bunny Jeeps
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
11. 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, rope, cat? (a) Runs Jump Crazy (b) Jump Runs Crazy (c) Crazy Runs Jump (d) Runs Crazy Jump
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Green (b) Green Wet Sing (c) Wet Green Sing (d) Wet Sing Green
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 1529964616. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 152 996 46616 (b) 152 996 4166 (c) 129 964 616 (d) 152 996 4616
19. 19.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, wallet, kettle? (a) Wise Kind Cook (b) Wise Cook Kind (c) Cook Wise Kind (d) Kind Wise Cook
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
22. 22.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.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
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 6823670823. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 682 367 70823 (b) 682 367 0823 (c) 682 360 7823 (d) 623 670 823
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lazy Pink Ants (b) Lazy Eight Pink Ants (c) Lazy Pink Ants Eight (d) Ants Pink Lazy Eight
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
27. 27.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 195211932. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 915 211 932 (b) 195 211 9932 (c) 195 119 32 (d) 195 211 932
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, lemon, coconut? (a) Lions Dance Cats (b) Dance Lions Cats (c) Cats Lions Dance (d) Lions Cats Dance
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
32. 32.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 947403551. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 947 440 3551 (b) 947 430 551 (c) 947 403 551 (d) 944 035 51
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, frog, anchor, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAFR (b) FADR (c) FRAD (d) RFAD
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 8283220935. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 828 332 20935 (b) 828 322 0935 (c) 828 322 095 (d) 828 320 2935
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 210010480369. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2100 1048 0369 (b) 2100 1048 0639 (c) 2100 0104 80369 (d) 2101 0480 369
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, igloo, shoe? (a) Inside Mum Sing (b) Mum Inside Sing (c) Sing Inside Mum (d) Inside Sing Mum
39. 39.🔤 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
40. 40.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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