Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 249 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Seven (b) Wins Seven Goats (c) Seven Wins Goats (d) Wins Goats Seven
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 698302489851. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6983 0489 851 (b) 6983 0248 9851 (c) 6983 0248 99851 (d) 6983 0248 9815
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
8. 8.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 430773469. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 430 737 469 (b) 430 773 4669 (c) 437 734 69 (d) 430 773 469
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mice Ants Jeeps (b) Frogs Jeeps Mice Ants (c) Ants Mice Frogs Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs Mice Ants
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 352398821. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 352 239 8821 (b) 353 298 821 (c) 352 398 821 (d) 352 398 21
15. 15.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 803832089936. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8383 2089 936 (b) 8038 3208 9936 (c) 8038 3220 89936 (d) 8038 3208 9963
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Play Cook (b) Cats Eat Play Cook (c) Cook Play Cats Eat (d) Cats Play Cook Eat
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Seven Eight Nine (b) Eight Seven Wins Nine (c) Nine Eight Seven Wins (d) Eight Nine Seven Wins
21. 21.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 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
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 3917849888. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 391 784 99888 (b) 391 784 9888 (c) 917 849 888 (d) 397 184 9888
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Goats (b) Wet Goats Seven (c) Wet Seven Goats (d) Goats Wet Seven
25. 25.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 530453323476. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5304 5332 3476 (b) 5304 5333 23476 (c) 5304 5333 2476 (d) 5304 5323 476
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, onion, needle? (a) Aunty Only Nine (b) Only Aunty Nine (c) Only Nine Aunty (d) Nine Only Aunty
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, net, glass, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NMGB (b) MNGB (c) BGNM (d) NGBM
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 4584806188. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 458 806 188 (b) 458 480 6188 (c) 458 408 6188 (d) 458 448 06188
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, onion, jug, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OJKC (b) COJK (c) KJOC (d) OCJK
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Play Love Eight (b) Love Eight Play Ants (c) Eight Love Play Ants (d) Love Play Ants Eight
34. 34.🧰 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
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 911750967. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 911 750 9667 (b) 117 509 67 (c) 917 150 967 (d) 911 750 967
36. 36.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 879866930. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 879 866 903 (b) 879 866 930 (c) 879 669 30 (d) 879 866 9930
38. 38.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 335195841388. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3351 9584 1388 (b) 3351 9854 1388 (c) 3335 1958 41388 (d) 3351 9584 388
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, coconut, kite? (a) Kites Cook Fly (b) Cook Fly Kites (c) Fly Cook Kites (d) Cook Kites Fly

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