Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 889 · 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 mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, key, jeep? (a) Kites Jeeps Funny (b) Jeeps Kites Funny (c) Funny Kites Jeeps (d) Kites Funny Jeeps
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
6. 6.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, doll, candle? (a) Dogs Cook Uncle (b) Cook Dogs Uncle (c) Uncle Dogs Cook (d) Dogs Uncle Cook
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 4605892432. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 460 859 2432 (b) 466 058 92432 (c) 460 589 432 (d) 460 589 2432
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, candle, sock? (a) Cats Seven Kids (b) Kids Cats Seven (c) Cats Kids Seven (d) Seven Cats Kids
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Grab (b) Wise Seven Grab (c) Grab Wise Seven (d) Wise Grab Seven
16. 16.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Love Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Love Every (c) Love Pigs Aunty Every (d) Love Every Pigs Aunty
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 711716439. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 117 164 39 (b) 711 761 439 (c) 711 716 4339 (d) 711 716 439
20. 20.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wins Nine (b) Every Nine Silly Wins (c) Nine Every Silly Wins (d) Wins Silly Every Nine
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 239785411. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 239 875 411 (b) 397 854 11 (c) 239 785 411 (d) 239 785 4111
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, vase, tiger? (a) Toys Vans Fly (b) Fly Vans Toys (c) Vans Toys Fly (d) Vans Fly Toys
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 906404690. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 960 404 690 (b) 906 046 90 (c) 906 400 4690 (d) 906 404 690
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, orange, doll, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDON (b) ODBN (c) NODB (d) ONDB
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, umpire, duck? (a) Dad Up Bunny (b) Up Dad Bunny (c) Bunny Up Dad (d) Up Bunny Dad
31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Play Cook (b) Cook Play Crazy Every (c) Crazy Every Play Cook (d) Crazy Play Cook Every
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, owl, mango? (a) Owls Silly Mum (b) Owls Mum Silly (c) Mum Owls Silly (d) Silly Owls Mum
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 802348722. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 802 348 722 (b) 820 348 722 (c) 802 387 22 (d) 802 348 7222
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Cook Eat (c) Eat Cook Cook Pink (d) Cook Eat Pink Cook
38. 38.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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