Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 280 · 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) Wet Green Sing (b) Wet Sing Green (c) Green Wet Sing (d) Sing Wet Green
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
3. 3.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, glass, tent, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATGJ (b) GJTA (c) GTAJ (d) JGTA
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 563471610347. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5634 7161 0374 (b) 5634 7161 00347 (c) 5634 7161 0347 (d) 5634 7161 047
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 3312325083. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 332 325 083 (b) 333 123 25083 (c) 331 232 5083 (d) 331 223 5083
8. 8.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Seven (b) Wet Goats Seven (c) Seven Wet Goats (d) Wet Seven Goats
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 985382610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 985 328 610 (b) 985 382 6100 (c) 985 382 610 (d) 853 826 10
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, doll, jalebi, goat, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGJDC (b) DJGAC (c) DCJGA (d) CDJGA
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 326040253. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 326 040 253 (b) 326 400 253 (c) 326 604 0253 (d) 320 402 53
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 3194841865. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 394 841 865 (b) 319 484 41865 (c) 314 984 1865 (d) 319 484 1865
16. 16.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 878524275492. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8785 2427 549 (b) 8778 5242 75492 (c) 8785 2427 5942 (d) 8785 2427 5492
18. 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, apple, goat, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TAGL (b) ATGL (c) LGAT (d) AGLT
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, watch, duck? (a) Wet Toys Dance (b) Wet Dance Toys (c) Toys Wet Dance (d) Dance Wet Toys
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, cat, ball? (a) Crazy Dogs Big (b) Big Crazy Dogs (c) Crazy Big Dogs (d) Dogs Crazy Big
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, bucket, umbrella? (a) Uncle Bakes My (b) Bakes My Uncle (c) Bakes Uncle My (d) My Bakes Uncle
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Seven Wins (b) Wins Seven Eight Neat (c) Neat Eight Seven Wins (d) Eight Seven Wins Neat
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
26. 26.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pink All Every (b) All Pink Lions Every (c) Every Lions Pink All (d) Lions Every Pink All
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Play Cats (b) Eight Cook Play Cats (c) Cook Play Cats Eight (d) Cats Play Cook Eight
31. 31.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mum Fly Jolly (b) Fly Mum All Jolly (c) Fly Jolly Mum All (d) Jolly Fly Mum All
33. 33.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Fly My All (b) Fly Jump My All (c) All My Fly Jump (d) Fly My All Jump
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 3729288770. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 329 288 770 (b) 372 928 8770 (c) 372 992 88770 (d) 379 228 8770
39. 39.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 561132292. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 561 132 292 (b) 561 113 2292 (c) 561 322 92 (d) 516 132 292

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