Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 322 · 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 129142990. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 129 124 990 (b) 129 142 990 (c) 121 429 90 (d) 129 142 9990
2. 2.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, jeep, lemon? (a) Jeeps Love Owls (b) Love Jeeps Owls (c) Jeeps Owls Love (d) Owls Jeeps Love
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 543227028. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 543 222 7028 (b) 543 227 08 (c) 543 227 028 (d) 542 327 028
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, orange, ladder, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLOU (b) UOLB (c) OULB (d) OLBU
10. 10.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Silly Wet Neat (b) Eight Neat Silly Wet (c) Wet Silly Eight Neat (d) Neat Eight Silly Wet
12. 12.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 256520485. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 256 520 485 (b) 265 520 485 (c) 256 204 85 (d) 256 520 4485
17. 17.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 7211663392. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 721 166 3392 (b) 721 616 3392 (c) 721 166 332 (d) 722 116 63392
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 890206666. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 890 206 666 (b) 890 220 6666 (c) 890 206 66 (d) 892 006 666
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
25. 25.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Green (b) Green Wet Seven (c) Seven Wet Green (d) Wet Green Seven
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lazy Fly (b) Seven Lazy Fly Runs (c) Fly Lazy Seven Runs (d) Runs Seven Lazy Fly
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ball, drum, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBDI (b) BWDI (c) IDBW (d) BDIW
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Goats (b) Goats Wise Silly (c) Wise Goats Silly (d) Silly Wise Goats
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 352873707. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 352 873 7707 (b) 352 877 307 (c) 352 873 70 (d) 352 873 707
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Seven (b) Seven Wins Goats (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Wins Seven Goats
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pink Cats (b) Every Cats Cats Pink (c) Every Cats Pink Cats (d) Cats Pink Cats Every
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lazy Frogs Rani (b) Frogs Lazy Silly Rani (c) Rani Silly Lazy Frogs (d) Silly Rani Lazy Frogs
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, orange, coconut, tent, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTCOK (b) OKCTJ (c) OCTJK (d) KOCTJ
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 565350222155. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5655 3502 22155 (b) 5653 5022 2155 (c) 5653 5022 255 (d) 5635 5022 2155
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 104700679. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 140 700 679 (b) 104 700 6779 (c) 104 700 679 (d) 047 006 79

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