Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 4 · 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.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 275293914. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 275 293 3914 (b) 252 939 14 (c) 725 293 914 (d) 275 293 914
7. 7.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) chunking
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 6085835113. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 605 883 5113 (b) 608 583 5113 (c) 608 583 513 (d) 608 583 35113
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
11. 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Seven (b) Wise Seven Goats (c) Wise Goats Seven (d) Seven Wise Goats
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, kite, apple? (a) Kind Ants Toys (b) Kind Toys Ants (c) Toys Kind Ants (d) Ants Kind Toys
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, mango, cat, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MWCT (b) TCMW (c) MCTW (d) WMCT
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, bucket, coconut, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCDR (b) RBCD (c) DCBR (d) BRCD
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, apple, guava, urn, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGUCP (b) APGUC (c) CUGAP (d) PAGUC
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, flute, onion, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LOFN (b) FNOL (c) FOLN (d) NFOL
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 8465827695. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 846 582 7695 (b) 846 582 6795 (c) 845 827 695 (d) 846 582 76955
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, nest, kite, drum, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDKNB (b) NKDGB (c) BNKDG (d) NBKDG
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 224857822. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 224 485 7822 (b) 224 857 822 (c) 224 858 722 (d) 248 578 22
24. 24.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, van, fan? (a) Very Fly Kites (b) Very Kites Fly (c) Fly Very Kites (d) Kites Very Fly
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 608100358. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 608 103 058 (b) 681 003 58 (c) 608 100 0358 (d) 608 100 358
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, candle, jalebi, pencil, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPJCL (b) LCJPV (c) CJPVL (d) CLJPV
30. 30.🧰 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) a rhyme (d) chunking
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Play Cats (b) Cats Play Cook Eat (c) Eat Cook Play Cats (d) Cook Play Cats Eat
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 7611616996. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 716 161 6996 (b) 761 116 16996 (c) 761 161 6996 (d) 761 166 996
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Sing (b) Wet Sing Green (c) Green Wet Sing (d) Sing Wet Green
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Sing Every Nani (b) Nani Every Sing Wins (c) Every Sing Wins Nani (d) Every Nani Sing Wins
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 6341386436. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 634 138 646 (b) 634 138 6346 (c) 634 138 6436 (d) 634 133 86436
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Seven Wise (b) Nine Eat Seven Wise (c) Eat Seven Wise Nine (d) Wise Seven Eat Nine
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 9722800508. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 972 280 0058 (b) 722 800 508 (c) 972 280 0508 (d) 972 280 00508

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