Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 376 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 356187536421. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5618 7536 421 (b) 3561 8753 6421 (c) 3561 8875 36421 (d) 3561 8753 4621
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Frogs Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs Mum Aunty (c) Frogs Jolly Mum Aunty (d) Frogs Mum Aunty Jolly
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 949163656573. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9491 6365 6573 (b) 9491 3656 573 (c) 9419 6365 6573 (d) 9491 6636 56573
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, drum, bucket? (a) Dad Big Cook (b) Dad Cook Big (c) Cook Dad Big (d) Big Dad Cook
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, tent, mango? (a) Mice Tea Lions (b) Lions Tea Mice (c) Tea Mice Lions (d) Tea Lions Mice
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, ball, fan? (a) Lazy Bunny Fly (b) Bunny Lazy Fly (c) Fly Bunny Lazy (d) Bunny Fly Lazy
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, tent, inkpot, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TIKM (b) KITM (c) TMIK (d) MTIK
14. 14.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, violin, flute, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPFS (b) VFSP (c) PVFS (d) SFVP
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 713801694. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 738 016 94 (b) 713 801 694 (c) 711 380 1694 (d) 713 801 649
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, violin, owl, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VROG (b) RVOG (c) VOGR (d) GOVR
18. 18.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, guava, rope, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRAU (b) GURA (c) ARGU (d) UGRA
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 741734353876. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7417 3453 876 (b) 7417 3435 38766 (c) 7417 3435 3876 (d) 7417 3435 3786
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 287339418105. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2873 3491 8105 (b) 2873 3941 88105 (c) 2873 3418 105 (d) 2873 3941 8105
28. 28.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, ice cream, needle? (a) Neat Inside Wise (b) Inside Wise Neat (c) Wise Inside Neat (d) Inside Neat Wise
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 4461410323. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 446 141 03223 (b) 446 141 0323 (c) 441 641 0323 (d) 441 410 323
33. 33.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
34. 34.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 8682017596. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 868 201 7596 (b) 868 201 759 (c) 868 200 17596 (d) 868 021 7596
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Lions Fly (b) Sing Runs Lions Fly (c) Sing Lions Fly Runs (d) Fly Lions Sing Runs

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