Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 265 · 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 1151163224. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 115 116 324 (b) 115 111 63224 (c) 115 116 3242 (d) 115 116 3224
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, bucket, kite, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBKG (b) BKGJ (c) GKBJ (d) BJKG
3. 3.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, umpire, vase? (a) Very Under Jump (b) Under Very Jump (c) Jump Under Very (d) Under Jump Very
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, drum, owl? (a) Dance Toys Only (b) Only Dance Toys (c) Toys Dance Only (d) Dance Only Toys
6. 6.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 617107712. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 617 107 7712 (b) 671 077 12 (c) 617 107 721 (d) 617 107 712
9. 9.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 352398004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 532 398 004 (b) 352 398 04 (c) 352 398 0044 (d) 352 398 004
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 432116206124. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3211 6206 124 (b) 4321 1620 1624 (c) 4322 1162 06124 (d) 4321 1620 6124
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
13. 13.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wise Grab (b) Wise Silly Grab (c) Grab Wise Silly (d) Wise Grab Silly
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, rope, mirror, van, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMVTP (b) PRMVT (c) RPMVT (d) TVMRP
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lazy Play Ants (b) Lazy Eight Play Ants (c) Lazy Play Ants Eight (d) Ants Play Lazy Eight
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 330499550597. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3304 9950 5597 (b) 3304 9955 097 (c) 3304 9995 50597 (d) 3304 9955 0597
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cats Eight (b) Cats Eight Pink Cats (c) Eight Cats Pink Cats (d) Eight Cats Cats Pink
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lazy Play All (b) Lazy Every Play All (c) Lazy Play All Every (d) All Play Lazy Every
29. 29.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, goat, mango, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMFK (b) FMGK (c) GKMF (d) KGMF
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 682905942. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 682 905 9442 (b) 682 905 942 (c) 682 950 942 (d) 682 909 42
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 262206036768. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2622 0600 36768 (b) 6222 0603 6768 (c) 2622 0603 678 (d) 2622 0603 6768
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My Ants Jeeps (b) Ants My Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Jeeps My Ants (d) Jeeps Fly My Ants
35. 35.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, onion, umpire? (a) Up Old Fly (b) Old Up Fly (c) Fly Old Up (d) Old Fly Up
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
40. 40.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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