Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 153 · 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.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pink Crazy (b) Crazy Pink Cook Every (c) Cook Pink Crazy Every (d) Every Cook Pink Crazy
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 5488612308. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 548 861 208 (b) 548 861 2308 (c) 548 861 3208 (d) 548 861 23008
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, coconut, shoe? (a) Cats Sing Red (b) Red Cats Sing (c) Sing Cats Red (d) Cats Red Sing
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 3810773673. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 381 077 3673 (b) 381 077 363 (c) 381 077 3763 (d) 381 077 73673
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, lamp, nest, jalebi, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJNLO (b) LNJKO (c) LONJK (d) OLNJK
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, jug, wallet? (a) Jolly Nani Wins (b) Wins Jolly Nani (c) Jolly Wins Nani (d) Nani Jolly Wins
13. 13.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, cat, frog? (a) Cats Old Fly (b) Cats Fly Old (c) Old Cats Fly (d) Fly Cats Old
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, radio, mirror, wallet, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RSMWL (b) RMWLS (c) LWMRS (d) SRMWL
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 203325848. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 203 325 84 (b) 203 325 488 (c) 203 325 848 (d) 203 325 8488
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, doll, onion, urn, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDOUC (b) DIOUC (c) CUODI (d) DOUCI
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 886809271049. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8868 0927 10499 (b) 8868 0927 1049 (c) 8868 0927 1409 (d) 8680 9271 049
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 7718556948. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 718 556 948 (b) 777 185 56948 (c) 771 855 6984 (d) 771 855 6948
24. 24.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 971921838. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 979 218 38 (b) 977 192 1838 (c) 791 921 838 (d) 971 921 838
27. 27.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 9947466668. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 994 746 66668 (b) 994 746 668 (c) 997 446 6668 (d) 994 746 6668
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, doll, nest? (a) Ice Dance Nine (b) Dance Ice Nine (c) Nine Dance Ice (d) Dance Nine Ice
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, kite, owl, cat, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFOCD (b) DCOKF (c) KOCDF (d) FKOCD
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 393697515. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 393 695 715 (b) 393 697 515 (c) 393 697 5155 (d) 393 695 15
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 259946269. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 599 462 69 (b) 259 946 269 (c) 259 964 269 (d) 259 946 2699
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Sing (b) Wise Goats Sing (c) Sing Wise Goats (d) Wise Sing Goats
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, pencil, banana, fan, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDBFJ (b) DPBFJ (c) PBFJD (d) JFBPD
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
40. 40.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym

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