Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 98 · 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: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Play All (b) Love Play All Eight (c) All Play Love Eight (d) Eight Love Play All
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, tent, shoe? (a) Seven Tiny Wise (b) Tiny Wise Seven (c) Tiny Seven Wise (d) Wise Tiny Seven
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mum Aunty Jump (b) Aunty Mum Fly Jump (c) Jump Fly Mum Aunty (d) Fly Jump Mum Aunty
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lions Play All (b) Lions Play All Eight (c) Lions Eight Play All (d) All Play Lions Eight
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 803437546. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 803 435 46 (b) 803 437 5546 (c) 803 437 546 (d) 830 437 546
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, rope, candle, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCRN (b) RCBN (c) RNCB (d) NRCB
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Seven Wins Goats (d) Wins Goats Seven
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, flute, anchor? (a) Ants Frogs Wet (b) Wet Frogs Ants (c) Frogs Wet Ants (d) Frogs Ants Wet
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, owl, candle? (a) Cook Only Love (b) Only Love Cook (c) Only Cook Love (d) Love Only Cook
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Fly My Ants (b) Ants My Fly Jolly (c) Fly My Ants Jolly (d) Fly Jolly My Ants
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 308100310. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 308 100 10 (b) 301 800 310 (c) 308 100 3110 (d) 308 100 310
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, coconut, tiger, owl, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTORD (b) DCTOR (c) CDTOR (d) ROTCD
20. 20.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, ladder, jalebi? (a) Jolly Lions Goats (b) Goats Lions Jolly (c) Lions Goats Jolly (d) Lions Jolly Goats
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 907106424848. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9071 0642 484 (b) 9071 0642 24848 (c) 9070 1642 4848 (d) 9071 0642 4848
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pink Aunty (b) Every Love Pink Aunty (c) Love Pink Aunty Every (d) Aunty Pink Love Every
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 119806212. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 119 806 21 (b) 119 806 2112 (c) 119 806 212 (d) 119 806 221
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, pillow, rope? (a) Red Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Red (c) Pink Red Aunty (d) Pink Aunty Red
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 158348771. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 158 347 871 (b) 158 348 71 (c) 158 348 7711 (d) 158 348 771
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, tiger, wallet? (a) Tiny Wise Rani (b) Tiny Rani Wise (c) Wise Tiny Rani (d) Rani Tiny Wise
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, mirror, bucket? (a) Mum Big Goats (b) Big Mum Goats (c) Mum Goats Big (d) Goats Mum Big
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, goat, whistle, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWMB (b) GBWM (c) BGWM (d) MWGB
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 230415480. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 320 415 480 (b) 223 041 5480 (c) 230 415 40 (d) 230 415 480
36. 36.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
37. 37.🔤 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
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny My All (b) Funny My All Jolly (c) Funny Jolly My All (d) All My Funny Jolly

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