Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 905 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Sing Wet (b) Wet Sing Eat Nani (c) Eat Sing Wet Nani (d) Nani Eat Sing Wet
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 399029134. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 399 902 9134 (b) 399 029 34 (c) 399 209 134 (d) 399 029 134
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mice Aunty Jolly (b) Funny Jolly Mice Aunty (c) Aunty Mice Funny Jolly (d) Jolly Funny Mice Aunty
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 528310952521. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5283 1095 2521 (b) 5283 1059 2521 (c) 5283 1092 521 (d) 5283 1095 25221
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 840951785. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 840 951 75 (b) 840 951 785 (c) 840 591 785 (d) 840 951 7885
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
11. 11.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 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 first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, drum, sock, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSJG (b) DGSJ (c) GDSJ (d) JSDG
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
17. 17.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
18. 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 621503173285. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6215 0317 285 (b) 6215 0317 3285 (c) 6215 0371 3285 (d) 6215 0317 33285
20. 20.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, shoe, glass, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSGF (b) SVGF (c) FGSV (d) SGFV
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 6210883738. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 621 088 378 (b) 621 083 8738 (c) 662 108 83738 (d) 621 088 3738
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, guava, needle, pencil, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGNPU (b) GINPU (c) GNPUI (d) UPNGI
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, key, vase? (a) Lions Kind Vans (b) Vans Kind Lions (c) Kind Lions Vans (d) Kind Vans Lions
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, fan, radio? (a) Fly Inside Rani (b) Inside Fly Rani (c) Rani Fly Inside (d) Fly Rani Inside
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, duck, tiger, urn, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDTUB (b) DTUBP (c) DPTUB (d) BUTDP
33. 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 631393329. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 631 393 329 (b) 663 139 3329 (c) 631 393 392 (d) 313 933 29
35. 35.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, apple, glass, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AUGB (b) BGAU (c) UAGB (d) AGBU
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 130896909. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 130 089 6909 (b) 130 896 990 (c) 130 969 09 (d) 130 896 909
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pigs Cats (b) Cats Pigs Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Cats Pigs (d) Cats Eight Pigs Cats
40. 40.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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