Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 343 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, flute, igloo? (a) Ice Frogs Pigs (b) Frogs Ice Pigs (c) Pigs Frogs Ice (d) Frogs Pigs Ice
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Silly Runs (b) Runs Silly Lions Fly (c) Silly Runs Lions Fly (d) Silly Lions Fly Runs
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 298301539777. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2983 0153 9777 (b) 2983 3015 39777 (c) 2983 0539 777 (d) 2938 0153 9777
7. 7.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 4446847092. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 444 684 709 (b) 444 864 7092 (c) 444 684 70992 (d) 444 684 7092
10. 10.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, spoon, mirror? (a) Kites Silly Mice (b) Silly Mice Kites (c) Silly Kites Mice (d) Mice Silly Kites
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 258800026. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 258 880 0026 (b) 288 000 26 (c) 258 800 026 (d) 528 800 026
13. 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 5884598727. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 858 459 8727 (b) 584 598 727 (c) 588 459 8727 (d) 588 459 88727
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, monkey, apple? (a) My Ants Dad (b) My Dad Ants (c) Dad My Ants (d) Ants My Dad
16. 16.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 254255080. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 542 550 80 (b) 254 255 008 (c) 254 425 5080 (d) 254 255 080
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
22. 22.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Goats (b) Wise Goats Seven (c) Seven Wise Goats (d) Goats Wise Seven
24. 24.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 101710007. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 101 710 070 (b) 101 771 0007 (c) 017 100 07 (d) 101 710 007
26. 26.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, igloo, radio? (a) Ink Runs Dad (b) Ink Dad Runs (c) Dad Ink Runs (d) Runs Ink Dad
28. 28.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 402483346. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 404 283 346 (b) 402 483 46 (c) 402 488 3346 (d) 402 483 346
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, spoon, ice cream, pillow, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPISR (b) SIPBR (c) SRIPB (d) RSIPB
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, jalebi, kite, anchor, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RAKJB (b) JBKAR (c) JKARB (d) BJKAR
35. 35.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1742334086. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 174 233 40866 (b) 174 233 4068 (c) 174 233 4086 (d) 174 234 086
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, ant, igloo, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABIO (b) OIAB (c) AIOB (d) BAIO
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mice Ants Jump (b) Jump Frogs Mice Ants (c) Frogs Jump Mice Ants (d) Ants Mice Frogs Jump
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym

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