Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 858 · 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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, urn, van, net, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UDVNK (b) UVNKD (c) KNVUD (d) DUVNK
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, igloo, duck? (a) Dogs Ice Seven (b) Ice Seven Dogs (c) Ice Dogs Seven (d) Seven Ice Dogs
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eat (c) Lazy Eat Pigs Aunty (d) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eat
11. 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Every Silly Wins (b) Wins Silly Every Nine (c) Every Nine Silly Wins (d) Every Silly Wins Nine
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 181170809303. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1817 0809 303 (b) 1811 7080 9303 (c) 1811 7080 3903 (d) 1811 7080 93003
15. 15.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, rose, goat, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGTF (b) TGRF (c) RFGT (d) FRGT
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, lamp, shoe? (a) Lions Rani Silly (b) Silly Lions Rani (c) Lions Silly Rani (d) Rani Lions Silly
18. 18.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 835005832. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 835 000 5832 (b) 830 505 832 (c) 835 005 82 (d) 835 005 832
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Love Pink All (b) All Pink Love Eat (c) Love Pink All Eat (d) Love Eat Pink All
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 898647098. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 988 647 098 (b) 898 664 7098 (c) 898 647 098 (d) 898 640 98
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
24. 24.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, pencil, jalebi, goat, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPJGL (b) PJGLO (c) LGJPO (d) POJGL
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 987640586804. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9876 4056 8804 (b) 9874 0586 804 (c) 9876 6405 86804 (d) 9876 4058 6804
28. 28.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 540559321207. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5405 5993 21207 (b) 5045 5932 1207 (c) 5405 5932 1207 (d) 5405 5921 207
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 449167280. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 449 617 280 (b) 449 916 7280 (c) 449 167 280 (d) 491 672 80
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, frog, key, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKCD (b) FDKC (c) CKFD (d) DFKC
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 4886131560. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 848 613 1560 (b) 488 613 11560 (c) 488 613 1560 (d) 488 631 560
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
35. 35.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 270087162795. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2708 7162 795 (b) 2700 8716 2795 (c) 2700 8716 2975 (d) 2700 0871 62795
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 7712057237. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 717 205 7237 (b) 771 205 737 (c) 771 205 7237 (d) 777 120 57237
40. 40.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) chunking

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