Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 173 · 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 819032037. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 819 030 237 (b) 819 032 037 (c) 819 320 37 (d) 819 032 0037
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
3. 3.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, umpire, tiger? (a) Under Tea My (b) Under My Tea (c) Tea Under My (d) My Under Tea
7. 7.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 4883246826. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 488 324 686 (b) 488 324 6826 (c) 488 324 6862 (d) 488 324 68266
9. 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, wallet, candle? (a) Wins Play Cook (b) Cook Wins Play (c) Play Wins Cook (d) Wins Cook Play
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, ball, guava? (a) Big Kind Goats (b) Goats Big Kind (c) Kind Big Goats (d) Big Goats Kind
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 5848365864. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 848 365 864 (b) 584 836 55864 (c) 548 836 5864 (d) 584 836 5864
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Lions Every (b) Lions Every Pigs Aunty (c) Lions Pigs Aunty Every (d) Every Lions Pigs Aunty
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants My Frogs Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs My Ants (c) Frogs Jolly My Ants (d) Frogs My Ants Jolly
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, rose, anchor, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RSAB (b) RABS (c) BARS (d) SRAB
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 878847488. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 887 884 7488 (b) 888 474 88 (c) 878 844 788 (d) 878 847 488
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, doll, tomato? (a) Tea Dad Love (b) Dad Love Tea (c) Dad Tea Love (d) Love Dad Tea
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
27. 27.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jeeps Mice All (b) Fly Mice All Jeeps (c) All Mice Fly Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly Mice All
30. 30.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, tent, jalebi, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJTW (b) TJCW (c) TWJC (d) WTJC
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, tomato, cat? (a) Tiny Cats Big (b) Big Tiny Cats (c) Cats Tiny Big (d) Tiny Big Cats
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 255995051767. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2559 9950 51767 (b) 5259 9505 1767 (c) 2559 9505 176 (d) 2559 9505 1767
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 7307985595. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 730 798 5595 (b) 730 795 8595 (c) 733 079 85595 (d) 730 798 595
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 211785007. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 211 785 5007 (b) 211 780 507 (c) 211 785 00 (d) 211 785 007
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, jug, key, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JVKD (b) DKJV (c) VJKD (d) JKDV
38. 38.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, ant, mirror? (a) Ants Pigs My (b) Pigs Ants My (c) My Ants Pigs (d) Ants My Pigs

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