Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 131 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, tiger, apple, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TAFP (b) FATP (c) PTAF (d) TPAF
2. 2.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 288102450992. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2881 0245 9092 (b) 2881 0245 50992 (c) 2881 0450 992 (d) 2881 0245 0992
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, duck, igloo, ladder, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DPILR (b) PDILR (c) DILRP (d) RLIDP
7. 7.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 671572103717. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6771 5721 03717 (b) 6715 7210 3177 (c) 6715 7210 3717 (d) 6715 7213 717
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, van, coconut? (a) Vines Pigs Cats (b) Pigs Vines Cats (c) Vines Cats Pigs (d) Cats Vines Pigs
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 738239985. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 738 239 9985 (b) 738 239 985 (c) 738 299 85 (d) 732 839 985
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
17. 17.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 418906950. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 418 906 6950 (b) 419 806 950 (c) 418 906 950 (d) 418 906 50
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 1015124155. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 105 124 155 (b) 101 512 4155 (c) 100 151 24155 (d) 110 512 4155
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, pencil, igloo? (a) Pink Inside Dad (b) Inside Pink Dad (c) Pink Dad Inside (d) Dad Pink Inside
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 251904713. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 251 904 71 (b) 251 904 713 (c) 251 904 173 (d) 225 190 4713
23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 279702748. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 279 707 248 (b) 279 702 748 (c) 279 702 74 (d) 279 700 2748
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 397503225770. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3975 0325 2770 (b) 3975 0225 770 (c) 3975 0322 25770 (d) 3975 0322 5770
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, drum, flute, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VFDN (b) DFVN (c) NDFV (d) DNFV
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, key, cat? (a) Kind Jeeps Crazy (b) Kind Crazy Jeeps (c) Jeeps Kind Crazy (d) Crazy Kind Jeeps
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 910569331. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 910 569 331 (b) 910 569 9331 (c) 910 563 931 (d) 910 569 31
29. 29.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, tent, cat, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VCTS (b) TSCV (c) STCV (d) TCVS
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 710278086. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 710 227 8086 (b) 710 270 86 (c) 710 278 086 (d) 710 287 086
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, cat, shoe, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CRSP (b) PSCR (c) RCSP (d) CSPR
34. 34.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 678802921282. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6880 2921 282 (b) 6788 0299 21282 (c) 6788 0292 1282 (d) 6878 0292 1282
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink Aunty Every (b) Every Love Pink Aunty (c) Aunty Pink Love Every (d) Love Every Pink Aunty
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
40. 40.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story

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