Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 911 · 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 this list, in order: tomato, ice cream, mirror? (a) Mum Ice Toys (b) Ice Mum Toys (c) Toys Ice Mum (d) Ice Toys Mum
2. 2.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 905933641. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 905 933 614 (b) 905 933 6641 (c) 905 936 41 (d) 905 933 641
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 191269372048. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1912 6937 20048 (b) 1912 6937 2048 (c) 1926 9372 048 (d) 1912 6397 2048
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, kettle, goat? (a) Green Kind Vans (b) Vans Kind Green (c) Kind Vans Green (d) Kind Green Vans
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump My Aunty (b) Funny My Aunty Jump (c) Aunty My Funny Jump (d) Jump Funny My Aunty
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 455742098. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 455 742 908 (b) 455 742 098 (c) 455 742 09 (d) 445 574 2098
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 455385744724. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4553 8574 4724 (b) 4535 8574 4724 (c) 4553 8574 44724 (d) 4538 5744 724
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 2171610024. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 211 761 0024 (b) 217 716 10024 (c) 217 161 0024 (d) 217 160 024
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Funny Runs (b) Funny Lions Sing Runs (c) Runs Sing Lions Funny (d) Sing Runs Lions Funny
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 645707525. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 657 075 25 (b) 645 077 525 (c) 645 707 525 (d) 645 700 7525
25. 25.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Every Seven Wet (b) Every Seven Wet Neat (c) Wet Seven Every Neat (d) Every Neat Seven Wet
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, ant, banana, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASBC (b) CBAS (c) ABCS (d) SABC
29. 29.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 219259716690. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2219 2597 16690 (b) 2192 5971 6690 (c) 2195 2971 6690 (d) 2192 9716 690
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 144984954. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 144 498 4954 (b) 144 984 954 (c) 449 849 54 (d) 149 484 954
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 391979371742. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3919 9793 71742 (b) 9197 9371 742 (c) 3919 7937 1742 (d) 3919 7937 7142
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, ant, key, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKUO (b) AOKU (c) OAKU (d) UKAO
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Every Neat (b) Every Silly Wins Neat (c) Neat Every Silly Wins (d) Every Neat Silly Wins
36. 36.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, fan, orange, jug, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FOJAI (b) IFOJA (c) FIOJA (d) AJOFI
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 350795033. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 350 795 33 (b) 335 079 5033 (c) 350 790 533 (d) 350 795 033
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 982198812199. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9821 9812 199 (b) 9821 8981 2199 (c) 9982 1988 12199 (d) 9821 9881 2199

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