Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 372 · 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 155855810021. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1558 5851 0021 (b) 1558 8558 10021 (c) 1585 5810 021 (d) 1558 5581 0021
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 177951128. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 779 511 28 (b) 177 951 128 (c) 177 951 1228 (d) 177 915 128
3. 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Silly (b) Silly Wise Grab (c) Wise Grab Silly (d) Wise Silly Grab
5. 5.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 587851717. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 587 851 717 (b) 558 785 1717 (c) 587 851 771 (d) 578 517 17
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, violin, rope? (a) Vines Play Rani (b) Play Vines Rani (c) Vines Rani Play (d) Rani Vines Play
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
9. 9.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, candle, umbrella? (a) Cook Up Vans (b) Up Cook Vans (c) Vans Cook Up (d) Cook Vans Up
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 1605233720. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 160 523 37200 (b) 160 523 3720 (c) 160 523 320 (d) 160 253 3720
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
16. 16.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, bucket, tomato? (a) Tiny Big Jeeps (b) Jeeps Big Tiny (c) Big Tiny Jeeps (d) Big Jeeps Tiny
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, jug, mango, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMLW (b) WJML (c) JWML (d) LMJW
23. 23.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 6890772519. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 689 077 219 (b) 689 077 2519 (c) 689 077 72519 (d) 689 077 5219
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 5426038689. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 542 603 8689 (b) 542 603 86899 (c) 542 603 8698 (d) 426 038 689
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 344697839852. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3446 9783 9825 (b) 3446 7839 852 (c) 3446 9783 9852 (d) 3446 9778 39852
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
31. 31.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
34. 34.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, wallet, rope? (a) Red Wise All (b) Wise Red All (c) All Wise Red (d) Wise All Red
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 137068877. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 113 706 8877 (b) 170 688 77 (c) 137 608 877 (d) 137 068 877
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 538809784. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 538 809 84 (b) 538 809 874 (c) 538 809 7784 (d) 538 809 784
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 8109062262. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 810 990 62262 (b) 180 906 2262 (c) 810 906 2262 (d) 810 906 226
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA

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