Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 330 · 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 first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My All Jeeps (b) Funny Jeeps My All (c) All My Funny Jeeps (d) Jeeps Funny My All
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, ladder, goat? (a) Lazy Ants Grab (b) Ants Lazy Grab (c) Grab Lazy Ants (d) Lazy Grab Ants
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 774250893166. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7742 2508 93166 (b) 7742 5089 3166 (c) 7742 5093 166 (d) 7742 5098 3166
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
9. 9.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
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, guava, rope, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGRL (b) GRLF (c) GFRL (d) LRGF
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) an acronym
12. 12.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Funny Runs (b) Funny Lions Seven Runs (c) Seven Runs Lions Funny (d) Runs Seven Lions Funny
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, jug, net, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTNW (b) JNWT (c) TJNW (d) WNJT
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Eat (b) Crazy Pink Cats Eat (c) Crazy Eat Pink Cats (d) Eat Crazy Pink Cats
17. 17.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
18. 18.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, mango, jug, drum, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMJDS (b) SDJML (c) MJDSL (d) MLJDS
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 830248903. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 302 489 03 (b) 830 248 8903 (c) 830 248 903 (d) 830 248 930
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 562530324747. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5625 3032 4747 (b) 5625 3303 24747 (c) 5625 3034 2747 (d) 5625 3032 477
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 2423723048. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 242 372 33048 (b) 242 372 3048 (c) 242 373 048 (d) 243 272 3048
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 368859448063. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3688 8594 48063 (b) 3688 5944 8063 (c) 3688 5944 063 (d) 3868 5944 8063
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 921024536132. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9210 2245 36132 (b) 9210 2453 6132 (c) 9202 4536 132 (d) 9120 2453 6132
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, ice cream, fan? (a) Ice Funny Grab (b) Ice Grab Funny (c) Grab Ice Funny (d) Funny Ice Grab
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 109670279. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 100 967 0279 (b) 096 702 79 (c) 109 670 279 (d) 109 670 297
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 785431716420. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7843 1716 420 (b) 7854 3171 6420 (c) 7854 3171 64200 (d) 7854 3711 6420
29. 29.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Play Cook (b) Every Cook Play Cook (c) Every Cook Cook Play (d) Cook Play Cook Every
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, jug, van, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JNVA (b) AVJN (c) NJVA (d) JVAN
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 217599168148. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2759 9168 148 (b) 2175 9916 8148 (c) 2179 5916 8148 (d) 2175 9916 81448
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, lamp, jug, key, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKJLF (b) LFJKV (c) FLJKV (d) LJKVF
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 2093483674. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 209 348 3647 (b) 209 383 674 (c) 209 348 83674 (d) 209 348 3674
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
38. 38.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
39. 39.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, ant, mirror? (a) My Ants Inside (b) Inside Ants My (c) Ants Inside My (d) Ants My Inside

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