Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 408 · 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 305992166699. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 0599 2166 699 (b) 3059 9216 6969 (c) 3059 9216 66699 (d) 3059 9216 6699
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, watch, net, vase, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNVBO (b) BVNWO (c) OWNVB (d) WONVB
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 1118107752. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 110 7752 (b) 111 810 77752 (c) 111 817 752 (d) 111 810 7752
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 568455891511. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5684 5589 1511 (b) 5684 5589 15111 (c) 5684 5581 9511 (d) 5684 5589 111
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Eat Neat (b) Eat Seven Wise Neat (c) Eat Neat Seven Wise (d) Neat Eat Seven Wise
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 566841633640. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5666 8416 33640 (b) 6568 4163 3640 (c) 5668 4163 3640 (d) 5668 4633 640
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
11. 11.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, lemon, kite, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKLR (b) RLKF (c) LRKF (d) LKFR
17. 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lazy Funny Runs (b) Silly Runs Lazy Funny (c) Funny Lazy Silly Runs (d) Runs Silly Lazy Funny
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
24. 24.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 2070707341. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 707 07341 (b) 207 070 7341 (c) 207 070 7431 (d) 207 077 341
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lions Funny (b) Seven Lions Funny Runs (c) Funny Lions Seven Runs (d) Runs Seven Lions Funny
28. 28.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink All Every (b) Every Lazy Pink All (c) Lazy Every Pink All (d) All Pink Lazy Every
30. 30.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 760757020. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 760 757 020 (b) 767 057 020 (c) 760 757 02 (d) 776 075 7020
33. 33.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
34. 34.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, duck, key, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDKJ (b) DVKJ (c) JKDV (d) DKJV
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 817369060401. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8173 6906 04001 (b) 8173 6906 0041 (c) 1736 9060 401 (d) 8173 6906 0401
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My All Jeeps (b) Funny Jeeps My All (c) Jeeps Funny My All (d) All My Funny Jeeps
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Lazy Eight (b) Lazy Pink All Eight (c) Eight Lazy Pink All (d) Lazy Eight Pink All
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, kettle, ladder? (a) Kites Lions Crazy (b) Lions Kites Crazy (c) Crazy Kites Lions (d) Kites Crazy Lions
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 796827754. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 976 827 754 (b) 796 827 754 (c) 796 682 7754 (d) 796 827 54

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