Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 950 · 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.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) an acronym
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, kettle, banana, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBGU (b) GBKU (c) UKBG (d) KUBG
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Play All Every (b) Every Lions Play All (c) Lions Every Play All (d) All Play Lions Every
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Sing (b) Sing Wet Goats (c) Wet Sing Goats (d) Goats Wet Sing
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Silly Rani (b) Rani Silly Lazy Funny (c) Silly Lazy Funny Rani (d) Silly Rani Lazy Funny
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, frog, tiger, jeep, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFTJN (b) FKTJN (c) NJTFK (d) FTJNK
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, lamp, kettle? (a) Aunty Lazy Kids (b) Lazy Aunty Kids (c) Kids Lazy Aunty (d) Lazy Kids Aunty
13. 13.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Silly Wet (b) Nani Eight Silly Wet (c) Eight Silly Wet Nani (d) Wet Silly Eight Nani
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, sock, pencil, bucket, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBPSA (b) SPBKA (c) ASPBK (d) SAPBK
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, wallet, lemon, monkey, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNLMI (b) IMLWN (c) NWLMI (d) WLMIN
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 2815222627. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 281 522 2627 (b) 285 222 627 (c) 281 252 2627 (d) 281 522 26627
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, duck, net? (a) Dad Nani Ants (b) Dad Ants Nani (c) Nani Dad Ants (d) Ants Dad Nani
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Every (b) Crazy Pink Cats Every (c) Crazy Every Pink Cats (d) Every Crazy Pink Cats
23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
24. 24.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, rose, inkpot, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RSIP (b) PIRS (c) RIPS (d) SRIP
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 259220108. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 259 220 108 (b) 259 221 008 (c) 259 220 1108 (d) 259 220 18
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, drum, rose? (a) Ice Dogs Red (b) Dogs Red Ice (c) Red Dogs Ice (d) Dogs Ice Red
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 784014152. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 784 014 15 (b) 874 014 152 (c) 784 014 1552 (d) 784 014 152
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 300320330507. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3002 3033 0507 (b) 3032 0330 507 (c) 3003 2033 0507 (d) 3003 2003 30507
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 226382506. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 223 682 506 (b) 226 382 506 (c) 226 382 5066 (d) 226 325 06
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Cats Pink (b) Cats Pink Cats Eat (c) Eat Cats Pink Cats (d) Cats Eat Pink Cats
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, urn, net? (a) Uncle Nani Pigs (b) Nani Uncle Pigs (c) Uncle Pigs Nani (d) Pigs Uncle Nani
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA

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