Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 402 · 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 355753079. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 357 530 79 (b) 355 735 079 (c) 355 753 079 (d) 355 755 3079
2. 2.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, ant, umbrella? (a) All Uncle Vans (b) Uncle All Vans (c) Vans All Uncle (d) All Vans Uncle
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 7933346348. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 793 334 66348 (b) 793 336 4348 (c) 793 334 638 (d) 793 334 6348
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, lamp, needle, banana, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LONBV (b) VBNLO (c) LNBVO (d) OLNBV
8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 6280386624. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 628 038 6624 (b) 682 038 6624 (c) 628 033 86624 (d) 280 386 624
10. 10.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, inkpot, van? (a) Grab Inside Vans (b) Inside Grab Vans (c) Inside Vans Grab (d) Vans Inside Grab
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Seven (b) Green Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Green (d) Wise Seven Green
17. 17.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 693068813. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 693 068 813 (b) 693 688 13 (c) 693 068 8813 (d) 690 368 813
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Sing Every Nani (b) Nani Every Sing Wet (c) Every Sing Wet Nani (d) Every Nani Sing Wet
22. 22.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (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: cat, umbrella, tiger? (a) Uncle Cats Toys (b) Toys Uncle Cats (c) Uncle Toys Cats (d) Cats Uncle Toys
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, urn, fan, pencil, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFPMD (b) UDFPM (c) DUFPM (d) MPFUD
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 764821180088. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7684 2118 0088 (b) 7648 2118 00888 (c) 7648 2118 0088 (d) 6482 1180 088
28. 28.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, candle, drum, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDAL (b) ADCL (c) CLDA (d) LCDA
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs My All (b) Frogs Jolly My All (c) Frogs My All Jolly (d) All My Frogs Jolly
32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 4182354194. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 418 235 4194 (b) 418 235 194 (c) 411 823 54194 (d) 481 235 4194
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Play Aunty Eat (b) Eat Lions Play Aunty (c) Lions Eat Play Aunty (d) Aunty Play Lions Eat
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, ice cream, lemon? (a) Inside Green Lazy (b) Green Inside Lazy (c) Inside Lazy Green (d) Lazy Inside Green
37. 37.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, key, ice cream, ball, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKIBS (b) KNIBS (c) SBIKN (d) KIBSN
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking

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