Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 162 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, rope, doll, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGDO (b) RDOG (c) ODRG (d) GRDO
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 366088381. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 366 088 81 (b) 336 608 8381 (c) 366 088 381 (d) 366 808 381
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 3072548961. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 307 258 4961 (b) 307 254 8961 (c) 072 548 961 (d) 307 225 48961
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, mango, vase, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVMO (b) OMVP (c) MVPO (d) MOVP
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 2202096348. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 202 096 348 (b) 220 290 6348 (c) 220 209 6348 (d) 220 200 96348
8. 8.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, pencil, mirror? (a) Mum Pigs Red (b) Pigs Red Mum (c) Pigs Mum Red (d) Red Pigs Mum
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, candle, guava, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCGJ (b) JGCN (c) CNGJ (d) CGJN
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
14. 14.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 579186221721. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5791 8622 1721 (b) 5791 8622 172 (c) 5791 8262 1721 (d) 5791 8622 17721
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
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) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 7228528150. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 722 285 28150 (b) 722 852 1850 (c) 722 852 850 (d) 722 852 8150
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 6607316520. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 660 731 6502 (b) 660 733 16520 (c) 607 316 520 (d) 660 731 6520
21. 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
22. 22.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, apple, violin, monkey, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVMBL (b) BMVAL (c) ALVMB (d) LAVMB
26. 26.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 438901271. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 438 012 71 (b) 438 901 271 (c) 439 801 271 (d) 443 890 1271
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, fan, umpire, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUFB (b) BFUS (c) FBUS (d) FUSB
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
31. 31.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 871824540659. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8718 2454 065 (b) 8718 2454 0659 (c) 8718 2454 06599 (d) 8718 2445 0659
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 2310817802. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 231 081 7802 (b) 231 081 78022 (c) 231 081 8702 (d) 231 817 802
35. 35.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧰 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
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, mango, parrot, cat, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCPMK (b) KMPCG (c) MPCGK (d) MKPCG
40. 40.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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