Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 244 · 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 2993981701. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 299 398 171 (b) 299 938 1701 (c) 299 398 1701 (d) 299 339 81701
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pigs Cats (b) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (c) Eat Crazy Pigs Cats (d) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 875771057920. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8757 7105 7290 (b) 8757 7057 920 (c) 8757 7710 57920 (d) 8757 7105 7920
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, pillow, frog, rope, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) URFPS (b) SPFRU (c) PFRUS (d) PSFRU
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
9. 9.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
11. 11.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Cats Pink (b) Cats Eight Pink Cats (c) Cats Pink Cats Eight (d) Eight Cats Pink Cats
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, ladder, ice cream, key, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LAIKV (b) ALIKV (c) VKILA (d) LIKVA
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 6240337929. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 240 337 929 (b) 624 033 7929 (c) 624 033 37929 (d) 642 033 7929
16. 16.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
19. 19.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 124105468689. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1241 0546 689 (b) 1241 0546 6889 (c) 1224 1054 68689 (d) 1241 0546 8689
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, watch, lemon? (a) Wins Lions Sing (b) Sing Wins Lions (c) Wins Sing Lions (d) Lions Wins Sing
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
23. 23.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, banana, ladder? (a) Lions Big Rani (b) Big Lions Rani (c) Rani Big Lions (d) Big Rani Lions
26. 26.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, banana, nest, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNTS (b) SBNT (c) TNBS (d) BSNT
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 951992682. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 951 992 682 (b) 915 992 682 (c) 519 926 82 (d) 951 199 2682
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 8941227390. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 899 412 27390 (b) 891 422 7390 (c) 894 122 7390 (d) 894 122 390
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 990245933918. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9902 4539 3918 (b) 9902 4593 3918 (c) 9902 4593 391 (d) 9902 4593 39918
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
34. 34.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Silly Grab (b) Grab Wet Silly (c) Silly Wet Grab (d) Wet Grab Silly
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 714054720. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 714 054 720 (b) 714 057 20 (c) 714 054 7200 (d) 714 054 702
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, tomato, pillow, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DPTW (b) TPDW (c) WTPD (d) TWPD
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, apple, glass, monkey, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKGMP (b) AGMPK (c) PMGAK (d) KAGMP
39. 39.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym

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