Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 379 · 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 871154370. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 871 154 370 (b) 871 154 307 (c) 871 154 3370 (d) 711 543 70
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs All Every (b) Every Lions Pigs All (c) Lions Every Pigs All (d) All Pigs Lions Every
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cook Every (b) Cook Play Crazy Every (c) Crazy Every Play Cook (d) Every Crazy Play Cook
6. 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 350033179. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 350 033 3179 (b) 350 033 79 (c) 350 303 179 (d) 350 033 179
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, spoon, ice cream? (a) Green Sing Ice (b) Sing Green Ice (c) Sing Ice Green (d) Ice Sing Green
9. 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
11. 11.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 2002681818. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 268 1818 (b) 020 268 1818 (c) 200 268 188 (d) 200 226 81818
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, goat, coconut? (a) Cats Grab Dad (b) Dad Grab Cats (c) Grab Cats Dad (d) Grab Dad Cats
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, rope, jalebi? (a) Jeeps Runs Wise (b) Runs Wise Jeeps (c) Wise Runs Jeeps (d) Runs Jeeps Wise
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 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) chunking (d) a rhyme
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Love Eight (b) Love Eight Pigs Aunty (c) Eight Love Pigs Aunty (d) Love Pigs Aunty Eight
20. 20.🧰 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) chunking (d) nothing at all
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Sing (b) Sing Wet Green (c) Wet Green Sing (d) Wet Sing Green
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Silly Green (b) Green Wet Silly (c) Wet Green Silly (d) Silly Wet Green
23. 23.🧰 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
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 177230179. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 177 230 197 (b) 177 301 79 (c) 117 723 0179 (d) 177 230 179
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, kite, rope? (a) Kites Crazy Runs (b) Kites Runs Crazy (c) Runs Kites Crazy (d) Crazy Kites Runs
27. 27.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, mirror, bucket, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLBG (b) LMBG (c) GBML (d) MBGL
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 415385833729. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4153 8583 3729 (b) 4155 3858 33729 (c) 4138 5833 729 (d) 4153 8583 3279
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
33. 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
34. 34.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 364674853. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 364 677 4853 (b) 646 748 53 (c) 364 678 453 (d) 364 674 853
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, candle, owl? (a) Funny Cats Old (b) Old Cats Funny (c) Cats Funny Old (d) Cats Old Funny
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 801545190618. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8015 4519 0618 (b) 8801 5451 90618 (c) 8014 5519 0618 (d) 8015 4590 618
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, violin, banana, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VOBC (b) VBCO (c) OVBC (d) CBVO

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