Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 263 · 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: coconut, nest, rope? (a) Nani Cats Rani (b) Nani Rani Cats (c) Cats Nani Rani (d) Rani Nani Cats
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, ladder, mango, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMLA (b) LMSA (c) LAMS (d) ALMS
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 824609329872. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8246 0932 98722 (b) 8246 0932 9872 (c) 8246 0329 872 (d) 8246 0939 2872
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, orange, mango, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMUF (b) FOMU (c) OFMU (d) UMOF
6. 6.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
9. 9.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 616519881234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6165 1988 123 (b) 6165 1988 1234 (c) 6165 1988 12334 (d) 6161 5988 1234
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Sing Wins (b) Wins Sing Eat Neat (c) Neat Eat Sing Wins (d) Eat Sing Wins Neat
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, shoe, vase, mango, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJVMC (b) CMVSJ (c) SVMCJ (d) JSVMC
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 493113234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 491 132 34 (b) 493 311 3234 (c) 493 112 334 (d) 493 113 234
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
22. 22.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 4129410606. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 412 941 0606 (b) 412 941 06006 (c) 419 410 606 (d) 412 940 1606
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wet Nani (b) Wet Sing Every Nani (c) Every Nani Sing Wet (d) Nani Every Sing Wet
30. 30.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 281945591. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 281 954 591 (b) 819 455 91 (c) 281 945 591 (d) 281 945 5591
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 240523135672. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2400 5231 35672 (b) 4052 3135 672 (c) 2405 2313 5672 (d) 4205 2313 5672
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 302544405589. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3025 4440 558 (b) 3205 4440 5589 (c) 3025 4440 5589 (d) 3025 5444 05589
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Play Cats (c) Crazy Eat Play Cats (d) Crazy Play Cats Eat
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1301966866. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 130 196 66866 (b) 130 196 6866 (c) 301 966 866 (d) 130 916 6866
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 6597461328. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 657 946 1328 (b) 659 746 1328 (c) 659 746 61328 (d) 659 746 138
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, jug, nest, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RJNB (b) JRNB (c) BNJR (d) JNBR
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, ball, doll? (a) Dance Big Lazy (b) Big Dance Lazy (c) Big Lazy Dance (d) Lazy Big Dance
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, glass, drum? (a) Green Dad Frogs (b) Dad Green Frogs (c) Frogs Green Dad (d) Green Frogs Dad

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