Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 95 · 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) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, fan, cat? (a) Green Frogs Cook (b) Cook Frogs Green (c) Frogs Cook Green (d) Frogs Green Cook
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 562661131999. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5626 6113 1999 (b) 5626 6113 19999 (c) 5266 1131 999 (d) 5662 6113 1999
5. 5.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 464102872. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 441 028 72 (b) 464 100 2872 (c) 464 102 872 (d) 644 102 872
7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pigs Ants Eat (b) Ants Pigs Love Eat (c) Love Eat Pigs Ants (d) Eat Love Pigs Ants
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 858180591. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 885 180 591 (b) 858 180 591 (c) 881 805 91 (d) 858 188 0591
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
12. 12.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
15. 15.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, kettle, coconut? (a) Vines Kind Cats (b) Kind Cats Vines (c) Kind Vines Cats (d) Cats Kind Vines
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 414360427. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 441 360 427 (b) 413 604 27 (c) 414 360 427 (d) 414 360 4427
18. 18.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, duck, tent, violin, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DATVI (b) ADTVI (c) DTVIA (d) IVTDA
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Crazy Every (c) Crazy Pink Cats Every (d) Every Crazy Pink Cats
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, guava, ladder? (a) Cook Green Love (b) Love Green Cook (c) Green Love Cook (d) Green Cook Love
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 574781370320. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5478 1370 320 (b) 5748 7137 0320 (c) 5747 8137 00320 (d) 5747 8137 0320
23. 23.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 464162042. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 446 162 042 (b) 464 116 2042 (c) 464 162 042 (d) 464 162 04
27. 27.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 643256250. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 643 256 205 (b) 643 256 250 (c) 643 262 50 (d) 643 256 2550
31. 31.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 342639800325. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3426 3988 00325 (b) 3426 3980 325 (c) 3423 6980 0325 (d) 3426 3980 0325
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, apple, lemon? (a) All Old Love (b) Love All Old (c) Old All Love (d) All Love Old
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 842300500049. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8423 0050 0409 (b) 8420 0500 049 (c) 8423 0050 00049 (d) 8423 0050 0049
38. 38.🧰 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) an acronym (d) chunking
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 7574512173. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 757 451 2137 (b) 755 745 12173 (c) 754 512 173 (d) 757 451 2173

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