Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 184 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 993036444. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 993 036 44 (b) 939 036 444 (c) 993 003 6444 (d) 993 036 444
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 917781340. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 917 871 340 (b) 917 781 340 (c) 917 813 40 (d) 917 781 1340
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 384857211. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 384 485 7211 (b) 348 857 211 (c) 384 857 211 (d) 384 872 11
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 6294880299. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 269 488 0299 (b) 629 488 029 (c) 629 488 80299 (d) 629 488 0299
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 345055169571. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3450 5169 571 (b) 3450 5516 95771 (c) 3450 5516 5971 (d) 3450 5516 9571
11. 11.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Silly (b) Goats Wins Silly (c) Wins Silly Goats (d) Silly Wins Goats
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, kite, bucket, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBKP (b) KBWP (c) PKBW (d) KPBW
14. 14.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 449376459. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 449 337 6459 (b) 443 764 59 (c) 449 376 459 (d) 449 376 495
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, vase, ball, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VOBA (b) OVBA (c) ABVO (d) VBAO
17. 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
18. 18.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, banana, whistle, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBWT (b) BSWT (c) BWTS (d) TWBS
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 302890149353. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3028 9014 3953 (b) 3029 0149 353 (c) 3028 9901 49353 (d) 3028 9014 9353
30. 30.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 529279502973. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5292 7950 9273 (b) 5229 2795 02973 (c) 5292 7950 2973 (d) 5292 7950 273
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 395289688215. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3928 9688 215 (b) 3952 8968 8215 (c) 3952 8986 8215 (d) 3952 8968 82215
33. 33.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, violin, watch? (a) Vines Ants Wins (b) Wins Vines Ants (c) Ants Vines Wins (d) Vines Wins Ants
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, onion, parrot? (a) Old Vans Pink (b) Vans Old Pink (c) Old Pink Vans (d) Pink Old Vans
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 438383459726. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4383 8345 726 (b) 4383 8345 9726 (c) 4383 8345 7926 (d) 4383 8345 97726
37. 37.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, jalebi, key? (a) Jeeps Grab Kind (b) Kind Jeeps Grab (c) Grab Jeeps Kind (d) Jeeps Kind Grab
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, umbrella, glass, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MUGL (b) UMGL (c) UGLM (d) LGUM

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