Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 157 · 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 238082512017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3280 8251 2017 (b) 2388 2512 017 (c) 2380 8251 20117 (d) 2380 8251 2017
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, parrot, frog? (a) Green Pink Funny (b) Pink Funny Green (c) Pink Green Funny (d) Funny Pink Green
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, rope, ant, inkpot, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRAIN (b) NIARG (c) RAING (d) RGAIN
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, whistle, nest, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FNWI (b) WNFI (c) IWNF (d) WINF
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, tent, frog, spoon, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RSFTM (b) TFSRM (c) MTFSR (d) TMFSR
7. 7.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 781316249. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 781 316 249 (b) 781 362 49 (c) 781 312 649 (d) 778 131 6249
9. 9.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
11. 11.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, ice cream, pencil, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIPJ (b) IPJS (c) JPIS (d) ISPJ
13. 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 771245174. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 771 245 147 (b) 771 245 174 (c) 771 241 74 (d) 771 224 5174
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly My Ants (b) Ants My Frogs Jolly (c) Frogs My Ants Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs My Ants
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 7169860288. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 716 986 0288 (b) 716 698 60288 (c) 769 860 288 (d) 716 896 0288
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Funny Jeeps (b) Funny My All Jeeps (c) Funny Jeeps My All (d) Jeeps Funny My All
21. 21.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 369118537. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 369 118 537 (b) 369 118 37 (c) 369 118 8537 (d) 639 118 537
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, tiger, urn? (a) Tea Mum Under (b) Under Tea Mum (c) Tea Under Mum (d) Mum Tea Under
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Silly (b) Wins Green Silly (c) Wins Silly Green (d) Silly Wins Green
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, monkey, flute, kettle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MWFKB (b) MFKBW (c) BKFMW (d) WMFKB
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, watch, kite, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LWKG (b) WLKG (c) WKGL (d) GKWL
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
32. 32.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, jeep, violin, umpire, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LUVJI (b) JIVUL (c) JVULI (d) IJVUL
34. 34.🧰 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
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs All Eat (b) Lions Eat Pigs All (c) Eat Lions Pigs All (d) All Pigs Lions Eat
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Silly Wins (b) Neat Every Silly Wins (c) Every Silly Wins Neat (d) Wins Silly Every Neat
38. 38.🧰 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
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, ball, tiger? (a) Big Tiny Frogs (b) Big Frogs Tiny (c) Frogs Big Tiny (d) Tiny Big Frogs
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym

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