Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 819 · 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: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.🔤 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
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 632578870661. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6325 7887 06661 (b) 6325 7887 061 (c) 6325 7887 0661 (d) 6325 7878 0661
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, parrot, goat? (a) Pink Aunty Green (b) Green Pink Aunty (c) Pink Green Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Green
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, parrot, jalebi? (a) Pink Jeeps Goats (b) Goats Pink Jeeps (c) Jeeps Pink Goats (d) Pink Goats Jeeps
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 187393751701. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1873 9375 1701 (b) 1887 3937 51701 (c) 1873 9371 701 (d) 1873 9375 7101
13. 13.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, duck, guava? (a) Big Dogs Green (b) Dogs Big Green (c) Dogs Green Big (d) Green Dogs Big
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Aunty Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny My Aunty (c) Funny Jeeps My Aunty (d) Aunty My Funny Jeeps
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, guava, key? (a) Goats Kind Dogs (b) Goats Dogs Kind (c) Kind Goats Dogs (d) Dogs Goats Kind
20. 20.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 461288026. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 461 288 206 (b) 461 288 26 (c) 461 288 026 (d) 446 128 8026
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 746398418126. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7446 3984 18126 (b) 7469 3841 8126 (c) 7463 9841 126 (d) 7463 9841 8126
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Grab Silly (b) Silly Wins Grab (c) Wins Silly Grab (d) Grab Wins Silly
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 2030241803. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 203 042 1803 (b) 203 041 803 (c) 200 302 41803 (d) 203 024 1803
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, fan, rope? (a) Funny Rani Goats (b) Rani Funny Goats (c) Funny Goats Rani (d) Goats Funny Rani
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Red Lazy Fly (b) Red Silly Lazy Fly (c) Fly Lazy Silly Red (d) Silly Lazy Fly Red
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, lemon, kettle, fan, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LKFOV (b) OFKLV (c) LVKFO (d) VLKFO
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
30. 30.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 237104137994. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2371 0413 799 (b) 2371 0413 7994 (c) 2371 4013 7994 (d) 2377 1041 37994
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
33. 33.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
35. 35.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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