Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 139 · 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 acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, ice cream, banana, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBLO (b) IOBL (c) OIBL (d) LBIO
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 271527411. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 271 527 11 (b) 277 152 7411 (c) 721 527 411 (d) 271 527 411
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Love Pink Aunty (b) Love Pink Aunty Every (c) Aunty Pink Love Every (d) Love Every Pink Aunty
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 323968808. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 323 396 8808 (b) 323 968 880 (c) 323 968 808 (d) 339 688 08
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 775473996. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 775 473 996 (b) 775 473 9996 (c) 775 479 96 (d) 775 479 396
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 4456291439. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 446 529 1439 (b) 445 629 14399 (c) 445 621 439 (d) 445 629 1439
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, parrot, ant, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGAU (b) UAPG (c) GPAU (d) PAUG
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 3918101632. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 918 101 632 (b) 391 810 16332 (c) 391 810 1362 (d) 391 810 1632
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
15. 15.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, duck, net? (a) Nine Dogs Ants (b) Dogs Ants Nine (c) Ants Dogs Nine (d) Dogs Nine Ants
17. 17.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, ant, mirror? (a) Ants Old Mum (b) Ants Mum Old (c) Mum Ants Old (d) Old Ants Mum
19. 19.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, vase, mango? (a) Very My Seven (b) My Very Seven (c) Very Seven My (d) Seven Very My
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, drum, watch? (a) Dad Wins Play (b) Wins Dad Play (c) Play Dad Wins (d) Dad Play Wins
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps My Ants (b) Jeeps Funny My Ants (c) Ants My Funny Jeeps (d) Funny My Ants Jeeps
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 7271715917. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 727 171 5917 (b) 271 715 917 (c) 727 171 5197 (d) 722 717 15917
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, coconut, ball? (a) Lazy Crazy Bakes (b) Crazy Lazy Bakes (c) Crazy Bakes Lazy (d) Bakes Crazy Lazy
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
34. 34.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, wallet, candle? (a) Cats Wins Bakes (b) Wins Cats Bakes (c) Bakes Wins Cats (d) Wins Bakes Cats
36. 36.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, rose, watch, doll, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RIWDL (b) LDWRI (c) IRWDL (d) RWDLI
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Love Funny (b) Funny Love Seven Runs (c) Seven Love Funny Runs (d) Runs Seven Love Funny
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence

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