Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 183 · 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.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
6. 6.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 660607827637. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6606 0782 7673 (b) 6606 0782 763 (c) 6606 0782 27637 (d) 6606 0782 7637
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, shoe, drum? (a) Sing Dad Pink (b) Pink Sing Dad (c) Sing Pink Dad (d) Dad Sing Pink
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, kite, ladder? (a) Lazy Kind Nani (b) Kind Nani Lazy (c) Nani Kind Lazy (d) Kind Lazy Nani
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Lazy Eight (b) Eight Lazy Pink Ants (c) Lazy Eight Pink Ants (d) Lazy Pink Ants Eight
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 5395788471. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 553 957 88471 (b) 539 578 8471 (c) 395 788 471 (d) 539 578 8741
12. 12.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 7718701998. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 778 170 1998 (b) 771 870 998 (c) 771 887 01998 (d) 771 870 1998
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 5355693297. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 535 596 3297 (b) 535 556 93297 (c) 535 593 297 (d) 535 569 3297
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, guava, candle? (a) Crazy Goats Rani (b) Goats Crazy Rani (c) Rani Goats Crazy (d) Goats Rani Crazy
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 332162238223. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3321 1622 38223 (b) 3321 6223 8223 (c) 3321 6238 223 (d) 3321 2623 8223
19. 19.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 466097499. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 466 609 7499 (b) 466 097 49 (c) 466 097 499 (d) 466 907 499
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 329729456. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 239 729 456 (b) 329 724 56 (c) 329 722 9456 (d) 329 729 456
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Every (b) Crazy Every Pigs Cats (c) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (d) Every Crazy Pigs Cats
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, orange, candle? (a) Old Rani Cook (b) Cook Old Rani (c) Rani Old Cook (d) Old Cook Rani
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, tomato, guava? (a) Toys Green Silly (b) Green Toys Silly (c) Silly Toys Green (d) Toys Silly Green
27. 27.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, pillow, doll, spoon, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDSVB (b) VSDPB (c) BPDSV (d) PBDSV
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, rope, spoon, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RUSV (b) RSVU (c) VSRU (d) URSV
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, spoon, glass, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGSM (b) SGRM (c) SMGR (d) MSGR
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Silly (b) Silly Wise Goats (c) Wise Silly Goats (d) Wise Goats Silly
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, watch, rope, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KWRI (b) IRWK (c) WKRI (d) WRIK
37. 37.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 3248802121. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 324 882 0121 (b) 322 488 02121 (c) 324 802 121 (d) 324 880 2121
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 993067622178. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9930 6762 22178 (b) 9936 0762 2178 (c) 9930 6762 2178 (d) 9930 6762 278

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