Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 988 · 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.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Sing Runs (b) Runs Sing Love Funny (c) Sing Love Funny Runs (d) Sing Runs Love Funny
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, cat, igloo, radio, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCIRS (b) CUIRS (c) SRICU (d) CIRSU
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eat Pigs All (b) All Pigs Lazy Eat (c) Eat Lazy Pigs All (d) Lazy Pigs All Eat
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 829827352. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 829 827 352 (b) 289 827 352 (c) 829 873 52 (d) 829 982 7352
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, orange, pillow? (a) Old Pink Tiny (b) Tiny Old Pink (c) Pink Old Tiny (d) Old Tiny Pink
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 1157280111. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 115 728 0111 (b) 115 728 01111 (c) 115 780 111 (d) 115 720 8111
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, apple, guava, vase, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IAGVN (b) NVGAI (c) AIGVN (d) AGVNI
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 582487258. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 558 248 7258 (b) 528 487 258 (c) 582 487 258 (d) 582 472 58
12. 12.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Seven Wise Nani (b) Wise Seven Eat Nani (c) Nani Eat Seven Wise (d) Eat Nani Seven Wise
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, pillow, candle, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMCA (b) ACPM (c) MPCA (d) PCAM
15. 15.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, ant, nest? (a) Nani Aunty Jolly (b) Aunty Jolly Nani (c) Aunty Nani Jolly (d) Jolly Aunty Nani
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) GWS
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 6798318290. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 679 831 8290 (b) 677 983 18290 (c) 697 831 8290 (d) 798 318 290
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 782422971. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 782 422 9771 (b) 784 229 71 (c) 728 422 971 (d) 782 422 971
22. 22.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, inkpot, frog, rope, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRFIP (b) PIFRL (c) IFRLP (d) IPFRL
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, sock, drum? (a) Dogs Silly Uncle (b) Uncle Silly Dogs (c) Silly Dogs Uncle (d) Silly Uncle Dogs
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
30. 30.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, needle, apple, candle, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NACMW (b) WNACM (c) NWACM (d) MCANW
32. 32.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
34. 34.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 710351283. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 710 335 1283 (b) 170 351 283 (c) 710 351 28 (d) 710 351 283
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, apple, onion? (a) Ants Old Very (b) Old Ants Very (c) Very Ants Old (d) Ants Very Old
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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