Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 285 · 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.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 779124985. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 779 124 98 (b) 777 912 4985 (c) 779 129 485 (d) 779 124 985
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 706009031053. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7060 0903 0153 (b) 7060 0090 31053 (c) 7060 9031 053 (d) 7060 0903 1053
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, anchor, goat, key, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGKSL (b) ALGKS (c) LAGKS (d) SKGAL
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 6126068728. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 626 068 728 (b) 621 606 8728 (c) 612 606 8728 (d) 612 606 87728
12. 12.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 536963895765. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5369 6338 95765 (b) 5369 6389 5765 (c) 5369 3895 765 (d) 5366 9389 5765
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, jeep, cat? (a) Jump Cats Mum (b) Mum Jump Cats (c) Jump Mum Cats (d) Cats Jump Mum
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum Aunty Jump (b) Funny Jump Mum Aunty (c) Jump Funny Mum Aunty (d) Aunty Mum Funny Jump
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 317285738. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 317 285 738 (b) 317 728 5738 (c) 317 285 378 (d) 317 285 73
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 8538228158. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 853 822 815 (b) 853 822 8158 (c) 885 382 28158 (d) 853 822 8518
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, ant, inkpot? (a) Ice Aunty Dance (b) Aunty Dance Ice (c) Aunty Ice Dance (d) Dance Aunty Ice
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, goat, orange, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NOGL (b) GONL (c) GLON (d) LGON
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, ball, tent, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLTV (b) BTVL (c) LBTV (d) VTBL
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, goat, cat, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCRL (b) GLCR (c) LGCR (d) RCGL
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Love Funny (b) Runs Silly Love Funny (c) Funny Love Silly Runs (d) Silly Love Funny Runs
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 318270399. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 827 0399 (b) 318 270 399 (c) 382 703 99 (d) 312 870 399
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, goat, ball, radio, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GTBRU (b) GBRUT (c) URBGT (d) TGBRU
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Frogs Red (b) Red Sing Love Frogs (c) Sing Red Love Frogs (d) Frogs Love Sing Red
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Goats (b) Goats Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Goats (d) Wise Goats Seven
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 1665181166. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 166 518 1166 (b) 166 511 81166 (c) 616 518 1166 (d) 166 518 166
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 8399454536. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 839 945 4536 (b) 839 945 4356 (c) 839 954 536 (d) 839 994 54536
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 5862712608. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 582 712 608 (b) 586 271 2608 (c) 586 271 6208 (d) 586 271 26608
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, umbrella, shoe, owl, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) USOAG (b) GUSOA (c) UGSOA (d) AOSUG
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mice Aunty (b) Aunty Mice Fly Jolly (c) Jolly Fly Mice Aunty (d) Fly Mice Aunty Jolly
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Cook Eight (b) Eight Cook Play Cook (c) Cook Eight Play Cook (d) Eight Cook Cook Play
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 3841862794. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 384 186 22794 (b) 384 162 794 (c) 384 186 2794 (d) 384 182 6794

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