Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 394 · 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 1806021868. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 180 021 868 (b) 180 602 1868 (c) 180 600 21868 (d) 108 602 1868
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 937637498944. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9376 3749 8494 (b) 9376 3749 98944 (c) 9376 3749 8944 (d) 9373 7498 944
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, nest, sock? (a) Dogs Nani Seven (b) Seven Nani Dogs (c) Nani Dogs Seven (d) Nani Seven Dogs
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, vase, umpire? (a) Frogs Very Under (b) Very Under Frogs (c) Very Frogs Under (d) Under Very Frogs
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Seven (b) Wet Goats Seven (c) Wet Seven Goats (d) Seven Wet Goats
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Seven (b) Wins Seven Goats (c) Goats Wins Seven (d) Seven Wins Goats
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 931479250. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 931 472 50 (b) 931 147 9250 (c) 931 479 250 (d) 931 479 520
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 668685708. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 668 685 708 (b) 668 685 70 (c) 668 687 508 (d) 666 868 5708
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 5210928991. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 552 109 28991 (b) 521 092 899 (c) 521 092 8991 (d) 521 902 8991
18. 18.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Seven (b) Wise Seven Grab (c) Wise Grab Seven (d) Seven Wise Grab
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Play Cats (b) Cook Play Cats Eight (c) Eight Cook Play Cats (d) Cats Play Cook Eight
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, radio, ice cream? (a) Ice Runs Goats (b) Goats Runs Ice (c) Runs Ice Goats (d) Runs Goats Ice
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat (c) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (d) Eat Cats Pigs Crazy
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 160287290. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 160 287 290 (b) 106 287 290 (c) 160 287 7290 (d) 162 872 90
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, apple, inkpot, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RAIJ (b) AIJR (c) ARIJ (d) JIAR
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 123538280035. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1235 3828 0035 (b) 1325 3828 0035 (c) 2353 8280 035 (d) 1123 5382 80035
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, anchor, wallet, lamp, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLWAC (b) CAWLT (c) ACWLT (d) AWLTC
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Funny Rani (b) Silly Rani Love Funny (c) Funny Love Silly Rani (d) Rani Silly Love Funny
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, key, orange? (a) Only Kind Under (b) Kind Under Only (c) Kind Only Under (d) Under Kind Only
35. 35.🔤 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
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, inkpot, pencil? (a) Ink Jump Pigs (b) Jump Ink Pigs (c) Ink Pigs Jump (d) Pigs Ink Jump
37. 37.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence

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