Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 126 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 6239100085. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 623 391 00085 (b) 263 910 0085 (c) 623 910 0085 (d) 623 900 085
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, rope, lamp, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RLFC (b) RCLF (c) FLRC (d) CRLF
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Funny Jump (b) Funny Mum Ants Jump (c) Jump Funny Mum Ants (d) Funny Jump Mum Ants
4. 4.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 225391899. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 225 391 989 (b) 225 391 8899 (c) 225 391 899 (d) 225 391 89
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, sock, coconut? (a) Cats Seven Goats (b) Goats Seven Cats (c) Seven Cats Goats (d) Seven Goats Cats
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, kite, lemon, shoe, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KULSA (b) KLSAU (c) ASLKU (d) UKLSA
10. 10.✏️ 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
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 162061600779. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1626 0160 0779 (b) 1206 1600 779 (c) 1162 0616 00779 (d) 1620 6160 0779
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
19. 19.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
22. 22.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 8938547482. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 893 854 7482 (b) 893 854 74822 (c) 893 854 482 (d) 893 854 7842
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Sing Green (b) Sing Wet Green (c) Wet Green Sing (d) Green Wet Sing
29. 29.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, wallet, inkpot, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WMIU (b) WIUM (c) MWIU (d) UIWM
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mice Aunty Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly Mice Aunty (c) Jolly Frogs Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Mice Frogs Jolly
32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wet Nani (b) Wet Seven Every Nani (c) Every Nani Seven Wet (d) Nani Every Seven Wet
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, coconut, duck? (a) Cats Dad My (b) Cats My Dad (c) My Cats Dad (d) Dad Cats My
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, shoe, umbrella, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUND (b) SDUN (c) DSUN (d) NUSD
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, jalebi, inkpot, net, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UNIJT (b) JINUT (c) JTINU (d) TJINU
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 6202932259. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 620 293 32259 (b) 620 293 2259 (c) 620 232 259 (d) 602 293 2259
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lions Eat (b) Lions Eat Pink Aunty (c) Lions Pink Aunty Eat (d) Eat Lions Pink Aunty
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 9340450819. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 934 045 0819 (b) 943 045 0819 (c) 934 450 819 (d) 934 045 08819

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