Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 991 · 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) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, cat, van? (a) Very Cats Ice (b) Cats Ice Very (c) Cats Very Ice (d) Ice Cats Very
4. 4.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
6. 6.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mice Funny Jeeps (b) Funny Jeeps Mice Aunty (c) Jeeps Funny Mice Aunty (d) Funny Mice Aunty Jeeps
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Seven (b) Wise Seven Grab (c) Wise Grab Seven (d) Seven Wise Grab
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 732917360. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 733 291 7360 (b) 732 197 360 (c) 732 917 360 (d) 732 913 60
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Seven Wins (b) Eight Seven Wins Neat (c) Wins Seven Eight Neat (d) Neat Eight Seven Wins
12. 12.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 382268693065. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3382 2686 93065 (b) 3822 6869 3605 (c) 3822 6869 3065 (d) 3822 6893 065
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 224858522. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 228 585 22 (b) 224 858 5222 (c) 224 588 522 (d) 224 858 522
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Seven (b) Seven Wins Goats (c) Goats Wins Seven (d) Wins Seven Goats
16. 16.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, duck, tiger? (a) Jolly Dad Tiny (b) Dad Tiny Jolly (c) Dad Jolly Tiny (d) Tiny Dad Jolly
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump Mice Ants (b) Ants Mice Frogs Jump (c) Frogs Mice Ants Jump (d) Jump Frogs Mice Ants
19. 19.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 897399204. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 973 992 04 (b) 897 399 9204 (c) 897 399 204 (d) 879 399 204
21. 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 748139018225. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7481 3901 82255 (b) 7481 9301 8225 (c) 7481 3901 825 (d) 7481 3901 8225
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, orange, bucket? (a) Old Dogs Big (b) Big Old Dogs (c) Old Big Dogs (d) Dogs Old Big
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pigs Lazy Eat (b) Lazy Pigs All Eat (c) Eat Lazy Pigs All (d) Lazy Eat Pigs All
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Every Nine (b) Nine Every Seven Wet (c) Every Nine Seven Wet (d) Every Seven Wet Nine
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Fly Mum All (b) All Mum Fly Jump (c) Fly Jump Mum All (d) Fly Mum All Jump
27. 27.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, coconut, van, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWVL (b) CVLW (c) WCVL (d) LVCW
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, lamp, urn? (a) Uncle Lions Goats (b) Goats Lions Uncle (c) Lions Goats Uncle (d) Lions Uncle Goats
30. 30.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Silly Red (b) Red Silly Love Funny (c) Silly Red Love Funny (d) Silly Love Funny Red
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 791679046. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 716 790 46 (b) 791 679 064 (c) 791 679 046 (d) 791 679 0046
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 910338312. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 190 338 312 (b) 903 383 12 (c) 910 338 312 (d) 910 338 3312
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, anchor, violin? (a) Seven Aunty Vines (b) Aunty Vines Seven (c) Vines Aunty Seven (d) Aunty Seven Vines
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, coconut, watch, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MWCF (b) CWMF (c) FCWM (d) CFWM
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 2117676304. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 211 176 76304 (b) 211 767 6034 (c) 211 767 6304 (d) 217 676 304
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, nest, ice cream, cat, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCINA (b) NICDA (c) ANICD (d) NAICD

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