Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 199 · 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) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, net, whistle? (a) Nine Wet Ice (b) Wet Nine Ice (c) Nine Ice Wet (d) Ice Nine Wet
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Funny Jolly (b) Funny Jolly My Aunty (c) Jolly Funny My Aunty (d) Funny My Aunty Jolly
4. 4.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, pencil, igloo, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKIT (b) TIPK (c) KPIT (d) PITK
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 2273844139. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 227 384 1439 (b) 227 384 439 (c) 227 384 4139 (d) 227 384 41139
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, apple, lemon? (a) Lazy All Mum (b) All Lazy Mum (c) All Mum Lazy (d) Mum All Lazy
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.🔢 You want to remember the number 444824759351. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4448 2475 951 (b) 4448 2475 9531 (c) 4448 2475 93351 (d) 4448 2475 9351
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
11. 11.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 347271429. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 347 271 29 (b) 347 271 429 (c) 347 721 429 (d) 334 727 1429
17. 17.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, doll, sock? (a) Dance Seven Under (b) Under Dance Seven (c) Dance Under Seven (d) Seven Dance Under
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, frog, radio? (a) Frogs Rani Love (b) Frogs Love Rani (c) Love Frogs Rani (d) Rani Frogs Love
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Green (b) Wise Green Seven (c) Wise Seven Green (d) Green Wise Seven
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, key, parrot? (a) Kind Pink Ink (b) Kind Ink Pink (c) Ink Kind Pink (d) Pink Kind Ink
25. 25.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
27. 27.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Cook Pigs (b) Cook Eat Pigs Cook (c) Eat Cook Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Cook Eat
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 421896745082. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4218 9674 502 (b) 4218 9677 45082 (c) 4128 9674 5082 (d) 4218 9674 5082
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 3421932439. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 342 139 2439 (b) 342 192 439 (c) 342 199 32439 (d) 342 193 2439
31. 31.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 378322502015. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7832 2502 015 (b) 3738 2250 2015 (c) 3783 2250 2015 (d) 3783 2225 02015
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 2396818139. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 239 681 8139 (b) 239 688 139 (c) 239 618 8139 (d) 233 968 18139
37. 37.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, doll, guava? (a) Very Dogs Grab (b) Dogs Very Grab (c) Grab Dogs Very (d) Dogs Grab Very
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 577819367. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 578 193 67 (b) 577 891 367 (c) 577 881 9367 (d) 577 819 367
40. 40.🧰 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

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