Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 997 · 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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
7. 7.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Seven Lazy Frogs (b) Seven Runs Lazy Frogs (c) Seven Lazy Frogs Runs (d) Frogs Lazy Seven Runs
10. 10.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 196349087. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 196 349 087 (b) 196 340 987 (c) 196 349 07 (d) 196 334 9087
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Silly Rani (b) Rani Silly Love Funny (c) Silly Love Funny Rani (d) Silly Rani Love Funny
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, watch, drum, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDWL (b) LWDR (c) WDRL (d) WLDR
22. 22.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Play Cats (b) Crazy Play Cats Every (c) Crazy Every Play Cats (d) Cats Play Crazy Every
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
26. 26.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, banana, urn, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDUP (b) DBUP (c) PUBD (d) BUPD
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, kettle, pencil? (a) Kites Pigs Grab (b) Pigs Kites Grab (c) Kites Grab Pigs (d) Grab Kites Pigs
33. 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
34. 34.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
36. 36.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
38. 38.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lions Frogs (b) Frogs Lions Seven Runs (c) Seven Lions Frogs Runs (d) Runs Seven Lions Frogs
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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