Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 412 · 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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, needle, fan? (a) Nani Funny Seven (b) Funny Nani Seven (c) Seven Nani Funny (d) Nani Seven Funny
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 491223329344. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9412 2332 9344 (b) 4912 2332 9344 (c) 4912 2333 29344 (d) 4912 2329 344
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 981343129. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 981 433 129 (b) 981 331 29 (c) 981 343 129 (d) 981 134 3129
4. 4.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
6. 6.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, tiger, ladder, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLOA (b) TALO (c) ATLO (d) OLTA
8. 8.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 697253531. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 697 253 531 (b) 697 253 513 (c) 692 535 31 (d) 697 253 3531
12. 12.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 487762919510. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4877 7629 19510 (b) 4877 6291 9501 (c) 4877 6291 9510 (d) 4877 6919 510
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) ELPA
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, wallet, tomato, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDTC (b) CTWD (c) DWTC (d) WTCD
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wins Seven (b) Seven Wins Grab (c) Wins Seven Grab (d) Wins Grab Seven
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nine Sing Wet (b) Nine Eight Sing Wet (c) Wet Sing Eight Nine (d) Eight Sing Wet Nine
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, fan, urn? (a) Under Funny Inside (b) Funny Inside Under (c) Funny Under Inside (d) Inside Funny Under
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
31. 31.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
33. 33.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, ice cream, net, frog, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFNIG (b) IGNFM (c) INFMG (d) GINFM
35. 35.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 6921872055. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 692 187 2505 (b) 692 187 2055 (c) 692 118 72055 (d) 621 872 055
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, monkey, net? (a) Ants Mice Nani (b) Nani Mice Ants (c) Mice Ants Nani (d) Mice Nani Ants
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 959524189253. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9595 2418 953 (b) 9595 2418 9253 (c) 9595 2441 89253 (d) 5995 2418 9253
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 466005841. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 466 005 8441 (b) 466 005 841 (c) 646 005 841 (d) 460 058 41
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 192961669. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 192 966 69 (b) 119 296 1669 (c) 192 961 669 (d) 192 916 669

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