Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 240 · 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: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 463515362. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 463 515 362 (b) 463 515 326 (c) 463 515 36 (d) 463 515 3662
3. 3.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, mirror, jalebi? (a) Frogs Mum Jolly (b) Mum Jolly Frogs (c) Mum Frogs Jolly (d) Jolly Mum Frogs
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, mango, ball? (a) Mum Under Bunny (b) Bunny Mum Under (c) Mum Bunny Under (d) Under Mum Bunny
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Frogs Runs (b) Seven Runs Lions Frogs (c) Runs Seven Lions Frogs (d) Frogs Lions Seven Runs
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, lemon, vase? (a) Ice Love Very (b) Very Love Ice (c) Love Very Ice (d) Love Ice Very
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 236005932. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 236 005 932 (b) 236 005 93 (c) 236 005 392 (d) 223 600 5932
14. 14.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 467579646307. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4675 7966 46307 (b) 4757 9646 307 (c) 4677 5964 6307 (d) 4675 7964 6307
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump Mum Aunty (b) Jump Frogs Mum Aunty (c) Aunty Mum Frogs Jump (d) Frogs Mum Aunty Jump
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Sing (b) Wet Sing Green (c) Sing Wet Green (d) Green Wet Sing
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, wallet, owl, kite, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WOKJT (b) JKOWT (c) WTOKJ (d) TWOKJ
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, jeep, sock? (a) Jeeps Bunny Seven (b) Seven Jeeps Bunny (c) Jeeps Seven Bunny (d) Bunny Jeeps Seven
22. 22.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
23. 23.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
25. 25.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
27. 27.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
29. 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, flute, pencil, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFPJ (b) FDPJ (c) JPFD (d) FPJD
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play Aunty Every (b) Love Every Play Aunty (c) Every Love Play Aunty (d) Aunty Play Love Every
34. 34.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 287232039. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 287 232 039 (b) 287 232 03 (c) 287 723 2039 (d) 278 232 039
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
38. 38.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, ant, radio, ladder, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANRLV (b) VLRAN (c) NARLV (d) ARLVN
40. 40.🧰 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

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