Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 422 · 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 964263620. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 964 236 620 (b) 964 263 620 (c) 964 263 20 (d) 964 263 6200
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My Aunty Jeeps (b) Frogs Jeeps My Aunty (c) Aunty My Frogs Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs My Aunty
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 6861922600. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 686 192 260 (b) 686 192 22600 (c) 866 192 2600 (d) 686 192 2600
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, glass, ice cream? (a) Green Inside Uncle (b) Uncle Green Inside (c) Inside Green Uncle (d) Green Uncle Inside
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, rope, jug? (a) Mice Rani Jeeps (b) Rani Mice Jeeps (c) Rani Jeeps Mice (d) Jeeps Rani Mice
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
14. 14.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 560262616436. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5620 6261 6436 (b) 5626 2616 436 (c) 5602 2626 16436 (d) 5602 6261 6436
16. 16.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 8378671187. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 387 867 1187 (b) 833 786 71187 (c) 837 867 1187 (d) 838 671 187
18. 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 572217562507. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5722 1756 2057 (b) 5221 7562 507 (c) 5722 1756 2507 (d) 5722 2175 62507
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 611623588418. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6111 6235 88418 (b) 6162 3588 418 (c) 6161 2358 8418 (d) 6116 2358 8418
21. 21.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
23. 23.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, drum, rope, tent, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OTRDB (b) DBRTO (c) DRTOB (d) BDRTO
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, fan, candle, goat, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFCGR (b) FCGRW (c) FWCGR (d) RGCFW
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Seven (b) Wins Seven Goats (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Seven Wins Goats
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, lamp, igloo, anchor, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDIAP (b) LIAPD (c) DLIAP (d) PAILD
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Every Neat (c) Every Sing Wise Neat (d) Neat Every Sing Wise
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, nest, guava? (a) Nine Goats Fly (b) Goats Nine Fly (c) Nine Fly Goats (d) Fly Nine Goats
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 318565288841. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3185 5288 841 (b) 1385 6528 8841 (c) 3185 6528 88841 (d) 3185 6528 8841
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, flute, urn, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FUSB (b) BFUS (c) SUFB (d) FBUS
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, van, orange? (a) Owls Very Tiny (b) Very Tiny Owls (c) Tiny Very Owls (d) Very Owls Tiny
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 440158402216. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4401 5840 2126 (b) 4015 8402 216 (c) 4401 1584 02216 (d) 4401 5840 2216
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, mango, drum? (a) My Dad Owls (b) Owls My Dad (c) Dad My Owls (d) My Owls Dad
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, candle, van, frog, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCVFI (b) CBVFI (c) CVFIB (d) IFVCB

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