Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 261 · 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 this list, in order: vase, radio, key? (a) Rani Kind Vines (b) Rani Vines Kind (c) Kind Rani Vines (d) Vines Rani Kind
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 781271090366. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7812 7109 0366 (b) 7881 2710 90366 (c) 8127 1090 366 (d) 7812 7019 0366
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 812462428495. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8124 6242 88495 (b) 8124 6242 8495 (c) 8124 6242 845 (d) 8142 6242 8495
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Fly Jeeps (b) Fly Jeeps My Aunty (c) Jeeps Fly My Aunty (d) Fly My Aunty Jeeps
10. 10.🧰 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) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 6188284894. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 618 828 4849 (b) 618 828 48944 (c) 618 828 4894 (d) 618 284 894
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) WSG
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cook Every (b) Cook Play Crazy Every (c) Every Cook Play Crazy (d) Cook Every Play Crazy
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 8472377433. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 847 237 733 (b) 847 237 74333 (c) 487 237 7433 (d) 847 237 7433
16. 16.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, guava, wallet, banana, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWBCU (b) UGWBC (c) GUWBC (d) CBWGU
18. 18.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, jalebi, onion, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FOJS (b) JOFS (c) SJOF (d) JSOF
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pigs Ants Eat (b) Lazy Eat Pigs Ants (c) Ants Pigs Lazy Eat (d) Eat Lazy Pigs Ants
25. 25.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 7015283231. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 701 583 231 (b) 701 522 83231 (c) 701 528 3231 (d) 701 528 3321
27. 27.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 1682665018. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 168 226 65018 (b) 168 266 5018 (c) 618 266 5018 (d) 168 265 018
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, monkey, rope, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMRU (b) URMS (c) MSRU (d) MRUS
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly My Aunty (b) Funny My Aunty Jolly (c) Aunty My Funny Jolly (d) Jolly Funny My Aunty
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 290302242. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 203 022 42 (b) 290 302 242 (c) 293 002 242 (d) 290 302 2242

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