Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 204 · 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 480206306. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 480 206 360 (b) 480 206 306 (c) 480 206 3006 (d) 480 263 06
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 9945010357. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 994 501 0357 (b) 994 501 03557 (c) 994 500 1357 (d) 994 501 057
7. 7.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 672921328. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 672 922 1328 (b) 672 921 328 (c) 679 213 28 (d) 672 921 238
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, tomato, cat? (a) Tea Fly Cats (b) Cats Tea Fly (c) Fly Tea Cats (d) Tea Cats Fly
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
14. 14.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, ball, parrot, jalebi, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWPJK (b) KJPBW (c) WBPJK (d) BPJKW
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, ant, goat, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BGAI (b) AIGB (c) IAGB (d) AGBI
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 377943037867. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3774 9303 7867 (b) 3779 4303 78677 (c) 3779 4303 7867 (d) 3774 3037 867
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pigs Cats (b) Cats Pigs Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Cats Pigs (d) Cats Eight Pigs Cats
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 387301295030. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3873 0129 5030 (b) 8730 1295 030 (c) 3837 0129 5030 (d) 3873 0129 50300
22. 22.🧰 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
23. 23.🧰 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
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, duck, lemon, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDLJ (b) DLJF (c) JLDF (d) DFLJ
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Lazy Funny (b) Sing Lazy Funny Runs (c) Funny Lazy Sing Runs (d) Sing Runs Lazy Funny
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, drum, whistle, guava, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGWDI (b) DIWGJ (c) DWGJI (d) IDWGJ
31. 31.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, key, watch? (a) Kites Seven Wins (b) Seven Kites Wins (c) Kites Wins Seven (d) Wins Kites Seven
34. 34.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
36. 36.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 391703378. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 391 703 378 (b) 391 703 3788 (c) 931 703 378 (d) 391 703 38
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, jeep, urn? (a) Uncle Jolly Green (b) Jolly Uncle Green (c) Green Jolly Uncle (d) Jolly Green Uncle
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 985323715. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 985 327 15 (b) 985 323 3715 (c) 895 323 715 (d) 985 323 715

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