Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 976 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 6192892550. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 619 282 9550 (b) 692 892 550 (c) 619 289 2550 (d) 619 289 25550
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, flute, anchor, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGAJ (b) FAJG (c) GFAJ (d) JAFG
6. 6.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 806723627. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 806 732 627 (b) 806 723 627 (c) 806 723 6627 (d) 806 723 62
8. 8.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, onion, umbrella? (a) Old Tiny Up (b) Tiny Old Up (c) Up Old Tiny (d) Old Up Tiny
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, banana, coconut? (a) Dance Big Cats (b) Cats Big Dance (c) Big Cats Dance (d) Big Dance Cats
12. 12.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, ice cream, key? (a) Ice Big Kites (b) Ice Kites Big (c) Big Ice Kites (d) Kites Ice Big
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Seven Wet (b) Wet Seven Eight Nani (c) Nani Eight Seven Wet (d) Eight Seven Wet Nani
15. 15.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Sing (b) Wet Green Sing (c) Sing Wet Green (d) Wet Sing Green
17. 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
18. 18.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 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
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lions Sing Runs (b) Sing Lions Funny Runs (c) Sing Runs Lions Funny (d) Runs Sing Lions Funny
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (b) Crazy Eight Pink Cats (c) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (d) Eight Crazy Pink Cats
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 450338736117. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4503 3876 117 (b) 4503 3873 6117 (c) 4503 3873 61117 (d) 4503 3873 6171
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, nest, rope, tent, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NARTM (b) MTRNA (c) ANRTM (d) NRTMA
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 264020303. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 264 023 003 (b) 264 020 303 (c) 264 020 33 (d) 264 402 0303
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, shoe, ice cream? (a) Silly Ice Owls (b) Silly Owls Ice (c) Ice Silly Owls (d) Owls Silly Ice
30. 30.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, ant, pencil? (a) Aunty Mice Play (b) Mice Aunty Play (c) Play Aunty Mice (d) Aunty Play Mice
34. 34.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 659364778. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 659 367 78 (b) 659 634 778 (c) 659 364 778 (d) 659 364 7778
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Pink Cats (b) Crazy Pink Cats Every (c) Cats Pink Crazy Every (d) Every Crazy Pink Cats
38. 38.🧰 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
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Fly Jump (b) Fly Jump Mum Aunty (c) Jump Fly Mum Aunty (d) Fly Mum Aunty Jump
40. 40.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam

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