Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 150 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 145321018. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 145 210 18 (b) 145 532 1018 (c) 145 321 018 (d) 415 321 018
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump My All (b) All My Funny Jump (c) Funny My All Jump (d) Jump Funny My All
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 766458021. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 766 458 021 (b) 766 458 01 (c) 766 458 0211 (d) 764 658 021
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, igloo, jalebi, pencil, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJPCG (b) CPJIG (c) IGJPC (d) GIJPC
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, jalebi, vase? (a) Jeeps Very Grab (b) Very Jeeps Grab (c) Grab Jeeps Very (d) Jeeps Grab Very
11. 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 150639907. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 150 639 9007 (b) 150 639 907 (c) 150 639 07 (d) 510 639 907
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, kite, umpire? (a) Kites Dogs Under (b) Under Kites Dogs (c) Kites Under Dogs (d) Dogs Kites Under
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, watch, parrot, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWPS (b) WCPS (c) WPSC (d) SPWC
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
19. 19.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, wallet, glass, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WGLK (b) WKGL (c) LGWK (d) KWGL
21. 21.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wins Silly (b) Wins Silly Grab (c) Wins Grab Silly (d) Silly Wins Grab
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
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: frog, wallet, doll? (a) Dogs Wise Fly (b) Wise Dogs Fly (c) Fly Wise Dogs (d) Wise Fly Dogs
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 6078754551. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 607 875 4551 (b) 600 787 54551 (c) 678 754 551 (d) 670 875 4551
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
31. 31.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 325595931992. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3255 9593 199 (b) 3255 9953 1992 (c) 3255 9593 1992 (d) 3255 9559 31992
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pigs Cats (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat (c) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (d) Eat Crazy Pigs Cats
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 4909165010. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 490 196 5010 (b) 499 091 65010 (c) 499 165 010 (d) 490 916 5010
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 940182466. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 940 124 66 (b) 940 182 466 (c) 941 082 466 (d) 940 182 4466
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Lions Frogs (b) Frogs Lions Silly Runs (c) Runs Silly Lions Frogs (d) Silly Lions Frogs Runs
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

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