Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 156 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 275790411118. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2755 7904 11118 (b) 2757 9041 118 (c) 7257 9041 1118 (d) 2757 9041 1118
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Lazy Frogs (b) Frogs Lazy Sing Rani (c) Sing Rani Lazy Frogs (d) Sing Lazy Frogs Rani
3. 3.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 1039641494. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 103 996 41494 (b) 103 964 1494 (c) 103 694 1494 (d) 103 964 194
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 995588530467. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9955 8583 0467 (b) 9955 8853 0467 (c) 9995 5885 30467 (d) 9558 8530 467
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cook Eight (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eight (c) Crazy Eight Pink Cook (d) Eight Crazy Pink Cook
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 5575768661. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 557 576 8661 (b) 557 578 661 (c) 555 757 68661 (d) 557 576 8616
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, spoon, guava? (a) Silly Goats Fly (b) Silly Fly Goats (c) Fly Silly Goats (d) Goats Silly Fly
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
14. 14.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 155012595052. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1551 0259 5052 (b) 1501 2595 052 (c) 1550 0125 95052 (d) 1550 1259 5052
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 928946601519. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9289 4660 1519 (b) 9289 9466 01519 (c) 9294 6601 519 (d) 9289 4660 1591
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, urn, tiger? (a) Uncle Tea Seven (b) Seven Uncle Tea (c) Tea Uncle Seven (d) Uncle Seven Tea
18. 18.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
21. 21.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, radio, nest? (a) Crazy Rani Neat (b) Rani Crazy Neat (c) Rani Neat Crazy (d) Neat Rani Crazy
23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, van, inkpot, rope, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SRIVB (b) VIRSB (c) VBIRS (d) BVIRS
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
27. 27.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, flute, needle, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FNOA (b) AFNO (c) ONFA (d) FANO
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, umbrella, owl? (a) Owls Under Runs (b) Under Owls Runs (c) Under Runs Owls (d) Runs Under Owls
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, igloo, nest? (a) Nani Ink Uncle (b) Ink Uncle Nani (c) Ink Nani Uncle (d) Uncle Ink Nani
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly My Aunty (b) Jolly Frogs My Aunty (c) Aunty My Frogs Jolly (d) Frogs My Aunty Jolly
35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, tiger, wallet, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWVP (b) TPWV (c) PTWV (d) VWTP

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