Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 815 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Silly Red (b) Silly Red Lions Fly (c) Red Silly Lions Fly (d) Silly Lions Fly Red
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Green (b) Sing Wise Green (c) Green Wise Sing (d) Wise Green Sing
4. 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 421624073. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 421 624 0773 (b) 421 624 073 (c) 416 240 73 (d) 421 624 703
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 3676449731. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 367 644 9731 (b) 367 644 97311 (c) 367 649 731 (d) 367 644 9371
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 679098847. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 679 098 8847 (b) 670 998 847 (c) 679 098 84 (d) 679 098 847
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 351714285813. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3517 4128 5813 (b) 3517 1142 85813 (c) 3517 1428 5813 (d) 3171 4285 813
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, vase, apple, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TAVG (b) GVAT (c) VGAT (d) VATG
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
12. 12.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, lemon, mirror? (a) Ants Love My (b) Love Ants My (c) My Love Ants (d) Love My Ants
17. 17.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 911274460. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 911 744 60 (b) 911 274 460 (c) 912 174 460 (d) 911 127 4460
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 119108141. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 119 108 41 (b) 119 108 141 (c) 119 108 114 (d) 119 108 1141
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
21. 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, urn, jeep? (a) Uncle Funny Jeeps (b) Jeeps Uncle Funny (c) Funny Uncle Jeeps (d) Uncle Jeeps Funny
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
25. 25.🔤 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
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 245226338. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 425 226 338 (b) 245 226 33 (c) 245 226 6338 (d) 245 226 338
27. 27.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 745198280008. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7451 8280 008 (b) 7455 1982 80008 (c) 7451 9820 8008 (d) 7451 9828 0008
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 8689579120. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 868 957 912 (b) 868 957 91120 (c) 868 957 9120 (d) 868 959 7120
32. 32.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Pigs Aunty (b) Love Pigs Aunty Eight (c) Eight Love Pigs Aunty (d) Aunty Pigs Love Eight
34. 34.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 170639459082. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1706 3945 90082 (b) 1706 3945 982 (c) 1706 3945 9082 (d) 1760 3945 9082
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mice Aunty Jeeps (b) Frogs Jeeps Mice Aunty (c) Jeeps Frogs Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Mice Frogs Jeeps
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 719733633. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 719 373 633 (b) 719 733 63 (c) 719 733 6333 (d) 719 733 633

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