Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 174 · 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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, banana, drum? (a) Dad Bakes Pigs (b) Bakes Dad Pigs (c) Bakes Pigs Dad (d) Pigs Bakes Dad
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, jalebi, ant? (a) Jump Silly Ants (b) Jump Ants Silly (c) Ants Jump Silly (d) Silly Jump Ants
5. 5.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 571075431766. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5107 5431 766 (b) 5170 7543 1766 (c) 5710 7543 1766 (d) 5771 0754 31766
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Silly (b) Wise Silly Green (c) Wise Green Silly (d) Silly Wise Green
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 930322470470. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9303 2247 0470 (b) 9303 2247 04470 (c) 9332 2470 470 (d) 9303 2274 0470
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, whistle, violin? (a) Vans Wet Mum (b) Wet Vans Mum (c) Wet Mum Vans (d) Mum Wet Vans
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pink Crazy (b) Cook Eat Pink Crazy (c) Crazy Pink Cook Eat (d) Cook Pink Crazy Eat
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Silly Grab (b) Silly Wet Grab (c) Wet Grab Silly (d) Grab Wet Silly
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
19. 19.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps My Aunty (b) Jeeps Funny My Aunty (c) Aunty My Funny Jeeps (d) Funny My Aunty Jeeps
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, watch, spoon? (a) Wet Pink Sing (b) Pink Wet Sing (c) Sing Wet Pink (d) Wet Sing Pink
22. 22.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (b) Cats Pigs Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Pigs Cats (d) Crazy Every Pigs Cats
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 449360682340. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4493 6068 2304 (b) 4493 6068 22340 (c) 4493 6068 2340 (d) 4493 6068 230
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, watch, inkpot, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WIRV (b) VWIR (c) WVIR (d) RIWV
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: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, violin, umpire, tiger, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVUTJ (b) JTUVF (c) VFUTJ (d) VUTJF
29. 29.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, ant, monkey? (a) Aunty My Jeeps (b) Jeeps Aunty My (c) Aunty Jeeps My (d) My Aunty Jeeps
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 7032729569. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 703 272 5969 (b) 032 729 569 (c) 703 272 9569 (d) 703 272 29569
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Sing (b) Goats Wise Sing (c) Sing Wise Goats (d) Wise Sing Goats
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, radio, umpire, shoe, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRUSG (b) RUSGW (c) RWUSG (d) GSURW
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, frog, igloo, guava, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BGIFT (b) FIGBT (c) FTIGB (d) TFIGB
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 458351629. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 483 516 29 (b) 458 351 629 (c) 458 335 1629 (d) 458 351 269

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