Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 132 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, nest, bucket? (a) Fly Neat Bakes (b) Neat Fly Bakes (c) Neat Bakes Fly (d) Bakes Neat Fly
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs My Ants (b) Ants My Frogs Jolly (c) Frogs Jolly My Ants (d) Frogs My Ants Jolly
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 237224381614. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2372 2438 16144 (b) 2322 4381 614 (c) 2372 2431 8614 (d) 2372 2438 1614
7. 7.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a long story
10. 10.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 8404753420. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 804 753 420 (b) 804 475 3420 (c) 840 047 53420 (d) 840 475 3420
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 169061987738. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1690 6198 7738 (b) 6190 6198 7738 (c) 1690 6619 87738 (d) 1906 1987 738
14. 14.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 130962738605. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1309 6273 8605 (b) 1309 6238 605 (c) 1309 6273 86005 (d) 1309 6273 8065
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, owl, kettle? (a) Owls Kites Ants (b) Kites Owls Ants (c) Ants Owls Kites (d) Owls Ants Kites
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 508228109. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 582 281 09 (b) 508 228 1109 (c) 508 228 109 (d) 508 228 190
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, parrot, rose? (a) Pigs Toys Red (b) Toys Pigs Red (c) Pigs Red Toys (d) Red Pigs Toys
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
21. 21.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 640723270. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 640 723 270 (b) 640 732 270 (c) 407 232 70 (d) 640 723 2770
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 774130865. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 774 113 0865 (b) 774 130 865 (c) 771 430 865 (d) 741 308 65
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, parrot, rope? (a) Play Runs Kids (b) Kids Play Runs (c) Runs Play Kids (d) Play Kids Runs
27. 27.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, orange, apple? (a) Owls All Cook (b) Cook Owls All (c) All Owls Cook (d) Owls Cook All
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, nest, whistle, mirror, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TNWMP (b) NWMPT (c) NTWMP (d) PMWNT
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, igloo, ladder, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ILCD (b) IDLC (c) CLID (d) DILC
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Seven Wins (b) Neat Eight Seven Wins (c) Eight Seven Wins Neat (d) Wins Seven Eight Neat
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 5536428597. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 553 642 85977 (b) 553 648 2597 (c) 553 642 8597 (d) 553 428 597
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Sing Wins (b) Every Sing Wins Nani (c) Wins Sing Every Nani (d) Nani Every Sing Wins
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Love Eat (c) Love Pink Aunty Eat (d) Eat Love Pink Aunty
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 656940969. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 669 409 69 (b) 655 694 0969 (c) 656 940 969 (d) 665 940 969
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, bucket, pencil, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TPBF (b) FBPT (c) BPTF (d) BFPT
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 6150189202. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 615 018 922 (b) 615 018 9202 (c) 615 081 9202 (d) 615 501 89202
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 160120665731. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1601 2066 7531 (b) 1601 2065 731 (c) 1601 2066 65731 (d) 1601 2066 5731

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