Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 818 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.🔤 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) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 880799395. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 887 099 395 (b) 880 799 395 (c) 880 799 9395 (d) 807 993 95
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cook Every (b) Every Cook Cook Pink (c) Every Cook Pink Cook (d) Cook Every Pink Cook
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, anchor, guava? (a) All Green Big (b) Big All Green (c) Green All Big (d) All Big Green
11. 11.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 904131239. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 904 132 139 (b) 904 131 29 (c) 904 131 239 (d) 900 413 1239
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, nest, van? (a) Vines Nine Frogs (b) Nine Vines Frogs (c) Frogs Nine Vines (d) Nine Frogs Vines
15. 15.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, mirror, banana, drum, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMBDW (b) WDBMR (c) MRBDW (d) MBDWR
17. 17.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, whistle, violin? (a) Mum Wise Very (b) Wise Mum Very (c) Wise Very Mum (d) Very Wise Mum
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 906151759. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 901 651 759 (b) 906 151 7559 (c) 906 151 75 (d) 906 151 759
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, watch, rope? (a) Crazy Wise Red (b) Wise Crazy Red (c) Red Wise Crazy (d) Wise Red Crazy
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 798341019. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 798 341 019 (b) 798 334 1019 (c) 798 340 119 (d) 793 410 19
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 1309221479. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 310 922 1479 (b) 309 221 479 (c) 133 092 21479 (d) 130 922 1479
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 981711101516. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8917 1110 1516 (b) 9817 1110 151 (c) 9881 7111 01516 (d) 9817 1110 1516
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 697742217. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 697 742 17 (b) 697 742 2217 (c) 679 742 217 (d) 697 742 217
30. 30.🔤 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
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Love Frogs (b) Frogs Love Seven Rani (c) Seven Rani Love Frogs (d) Seven Love Frogs Rani
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, apple, jalebi? (a) Aunty Jump Funny (b) Funny Aunty Jump (c) Jump Aunty Funny (d) Aunty Funny Jump
33. 33.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, net, pencil, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPOC (b) OPNC (c) NCPO (d) CNPO
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, anchor, tiger, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AOTK (b) OATK (c) KTAO (d) ATKO
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pigs Cats (b) Cats Every Pigs Cats (c) Cats Pigs Cats Every (d) Every Cats Cats Pigs
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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