Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 327 · 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: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (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) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 845052229. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 845 522 29 (b) 845 505 2229 (c) 845 052 229 (d) 845 052 292
5. 5.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, goat, pencil, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMPA (b) GPAM (c) APGM (d) MGPA
7. 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, flute, bucket? (a) Bunny Funny Mice (b) Funny Bunny Mice (c) Funny Mice Bunny (d) Mice Funny Bunny
9. 9.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Frogs Runs (b) Runs Sing Lions Frogs (c) Frogs Lions Sing Runs (d) Sing Runs Lions Frogs
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 8351037426. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 835 103 7426 (b) 851 037 426 (c) 835 510 37426 (d) 835 107 3426
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Silly (b) Silly Wet Green (c) Green Wet Silly (d) Wet Silly Green
21. 21.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 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
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 350051663116. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3500 5163 6116 (b) 3500 5163 116 (c) 3500 5116 63116 (d) 3500 5166 3116
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, sock, jalebi? (a) Jolly Seven Rani (b) Seven Rani Jolly (c) Seven Jolly Rani (d) Rani Seven Jolly
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wet Seven (b) Seven Wet Grab (c) Wet Grab Seven (d) Wet Seven Grab
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 962566741614. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9625 6674 1614 (b) 9662 5667 41614 (c) 9626 6741 614 (d) 9625 6674 1641
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Goats (b) Goats Wet Seven (c) Wet Goats Seven (d) Wet Seven Goats
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 348156371. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 381 563 71 (b) 348 156 317 (c) 348 115 6371 (d) 348 156 371
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 3376614993. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 337 616 4993 (b) 337 614 993 (c) 337 661 4993 (d) 337 766 14993
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 957727503. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 957 722 7503 (b) 577 275 03 (c) 957 772 503 (d) 957 727 503
38. 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
40. 40.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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