Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 209 · 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: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, tiger, igloo, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTIB (b) BITP (c) TPIB (d) TIBP
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 304575181. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 304 751 81 (b) 305 475 181 (c) 300 457 5181 (d) 304 575 181
5. 5.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Funny Jolly (b) Funny Jolly Mum Ants (c) Jolly Funny Mum Ants (d) Funny Mum Ants Jolly
7. 7.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, frog, rose? (a) Fly Runs Kids (b) Fly Kids Runs (c) Runs Fly Kids (d) Kids Fly Runs
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 203550766202. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2035 5076 6202 (b) 2035 5076 620 (c) 2035 5507 66202 (d) 2035 5076 2602
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 653889951. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 653 889 951 (b) 563 889 951 (c) 653 889 9951 (d) 658 899 51
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, urn, igloo? (a) Under Wet Ice (b) Wet Under Ice (c) Under Ice Wet (d) Ice Under Wet
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 732214012. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 732 140 12 (b) 732 214 012 (c) 732 241 012 (d) 732 221 4012
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 317075666. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 317 705 666 (b) 317 075 666 (c) 317 007 5666 (d) 317 076 66
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play All Eat (b) All Play Lazy Eat (c) Lazy Eat Play All (d) Eat Lazy Play All
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2912300194. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 291 230 0194 (b) 291 230 194 (c) 291 230 0149 (d) 291 223 00194
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 722868260077. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7228 6826 00077 (b) 7228 6826 077 (c) 7228 6826 0077 (d) 7282 6826 0077
23. 23.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Frogs Jeeps (c) Jeeps Frogs Mum Aunty (d) Frogs Mum Aunty Jeeps
26. 26.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 586151171461. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8615 1171 461 (b) 5861 5117 14461 (c) 5861 5171 1461 (d) 5861 5117 1461
28. 28.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 6188958416. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 618 958 416 (b) 618 895 84416 (c) 618 898 5416 (d) 618 895 8416
30. 30.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 930498602. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 930 498 602 (b) 903 498 602 (c) 930 498 8602 (d) 934 986 02
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, whistle, igloo, cat, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WICLN (b) LCIWN (c) WNICL (d) NWICL
34. 34.🔤 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
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
36. 36.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, tiger, net, rope, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TNRAI (b) ITNRA (c) ARNTI (d) TINRA
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking

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