Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 881 · 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) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 5321391664. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 532 213 91664 (b) 532 139 1664 (c) 532 191 664 (d) 532 319 1664
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, flute, bucket? (a) Big Fly Lions (b) Fly Lions Big (c) Lions Fly Big (d) Fly Big Lions
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cats Eight (b) Cats Eight Pigs Cook (c) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (d) Eight Cats Pigs Cook
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 1978117081. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 178 117 081 (b) 197 811 7081 (c) 917 811 7081 (d) 197 811 70881
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 182224510527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1182 2245 10527 (b) 1822 2451 0527 (c) 1822 2451 527 (d) 1822 2415 0527
10. 10.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
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, kite, ball, nest, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBNUJ (b) JKBNU (c) KJBNU (d) UNBKJ
14. 14.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wise Goats (b) Wise Sing Goats (c) Goats Wise Sing (d) Wise Goats Sing
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, radio, violin, spoon, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRVSD (b) DSVRF (c) RFVSD (d) RVSDF
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly Mice Aunty (b) Funny Mice Aunty Jolly (c) Aunty Mice Funny Jolly (d) Jolly Funny Mice Aunty
21. 21.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, mango, fan, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMFN (b) MFNC (c) MCFN (d) NFMC
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs Ants Every (b) Ants Pigs Lions Every (c) Every Lions Pigs Ants (d) Lions Every Pigs Ants
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 832248054862. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8322 4805 4862 (b) 8322 4805 482 (c) 8832 2480 54862 (d) 8322 4805 4682
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, anchor, spoon, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WSAP (b) APSW (c) PASW (d) ASWP
29. 29.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 1343011088. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 134 301 11088 (b) 134 301 1808 (c) 134 301 1088 (d) 134 301 108
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 8103400167. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 811 034 00167 (b) 810 340 167 (c) 810 340 0167 (d) 180 340 0167
33. 33.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 311391155. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 391 515 (b) 311 311 55 (c) 311 339 1155 (d) 311 391 155
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, wallet, rope, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WKRS (b) SRWK (c) WRSK (d) KWRS
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Love Eight (b) Love Pigs Aunty Eight (c) Love Eight Pigs Aunty (d) Eight Love Pigs Aunty
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 5443232701. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 543 232 701 (b) 544 323 27001 (c) 544 323 2701 (d) 544 323 2710
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 949766501042. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9497 6650 10422 (b) 9479 6650 1042 (c) 9497 6650 1042 (d) 4976 6501 042
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 762910915. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 762 910 951 (b) 762 910 91 (c) 762 910 915 (d) 762 910 9155

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