Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 392 · 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 5090049767. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 509 004 9767 (b) 509 004 7967 (c) 509 900 49767 (d) 500 049 767
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 923063605. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 923 063 05 (b) 923 063 3605 (c) 923 063 605 (d) 923 063 065
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink All Eat (b) Love Eat Pink All (c) Eat Love Pink All (d) All Pink Love Eat
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
10. 10.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Sing (b) Green Wise Sing (c) Wise Sing Green (d) Sing Wise Green
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
15. 15.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, jeep, mango? (a) Cook Jeeps My (b) Jeeps My Cook (c) My Jeeps Cook (d) Jeeps Cook My
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, tomato, net? (a) Tiny Nine Goats (b) Tiny Goats Nine (c) Goats Tiny Nine (d) Nine Tiny Goats
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, monkey, needle, violin, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBNVW (b) MNVWB (c) BMNVW (d) WVNMB
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
22. 22.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, drum, sock, mango, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMSDF (b) FDSML (c) DFSML (d) DSMLF
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3114876464. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 487 6446 (b) 314 876 464 (c) 311 487 76464 (d) 311 487 6464
29. 29.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🔤 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
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 4392869941. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 349 286 9941 (b) 432 869 941 (c) 439 928 69941 (d) 439 286 9941
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, lemon, vase? (a) Lions Nani Very (b) Very Lions Nani (c) Nani Lions Very (d) Lions Very Nani
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 167789411. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 176 789 411 (b) 167 789 411 (c) 167 789 41 (d) 167 789 4111
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 564787854286. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5648 7854 286 (b) 5647 8785 44286 (c) 5647 7885 4286 (d) 5647 8785 4286
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) WSG
37. 37.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 113422919. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 134 229 19 (b) 114 322 919 (c) 113 422 919 (d) 113 422 9919
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme

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