Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 890 · 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 acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mice Fly Jump (b) Fly Mice Aunty Jump (c) Fly Jump Mice Aunty (d) Jump Fly Mice Aunty
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Silly (b) Wise Silly Goats (c) Goats Wise Silly (d) Silly Wise Goats
9. 9.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 952174882. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 952 174 88 (b) 952 174 8822 (c) 951 274 882 (d) 952 174 882
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, drum, ant? (a) Neat Dance Aunty (b) Aunty Dance Neat (c) Dance Neat Aunty (d) Dance Aunty Neat
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Every (b) Crazy Play Cats Every (c) Crazy Every Play Cats (d) Every Crazy Play Cats
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 283058781. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 283 058 781 (b) 823 058 781 (c) 280 587 81 (d) 283 058 8781
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 6755063137. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 675 506 3137 (b) 675 063 137 (c) 675 500 63137 (d) 765 506 3137
18. 18.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, nest, lemon? (a) Nani Lions Aunty (b) Aunty Nani Lions (c) Nani Aunty Lions (d) Lions Nani Aunty
21. 21.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 646071798. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 646 071 798 (b) 646 071 79 (c) 646 071 789 (d) 646 071 7798
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 3112619267. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 126 19267 (b) 311 621 9267 (c) 311 261 9267 (d) 311 261 927
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 620823096674. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6280 2309 6674 (b) 2082 3096 674 (c) 6620 8230 96674 (d) 6208 2309 6674
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, doll, jug, glass, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VGJDM (b) MDJGV (c) DMJGV (d) DJGVM
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
28. 28.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
30. 30.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 181805314. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 181 085 314 (b) 181 803 14 (c) 181 800 5314 (d) 181 805 314
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, ant, umpire, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUAB (b) BAUC (c) ABUC (d) AUCB
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cook Eight (b) Cook Eight Pink Crazy (c) Cook Pink Crazy Eight (d) Eight Cook Pink Crazy
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, sock, watch, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MWSD (b) DSWM (c) SDWM (d) SWMD

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