Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 43 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, glass, net, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFNU (b) FGNU (c) UNGF (d) GNUF
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 139148896003. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1391 4886 9003 (b) 1391 4889 6003 (c) 1314 8896 003 (d) 1391 4888 96003
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 900168005. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 900 168 00 (b) 900 168 005 (c) 901 068 005 (d) 900 016 8005
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 609267320. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 609 267 7320 (b) 609 673 20 (c) 609 276 320 (d) 609 267 320
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 4712902060. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 471 290 200 (b) 471 290 2060 (c) 417 290 2060 (d) 471 129 02060
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, ladder, cat? (a) Love Old Crazy (b) Old Love Crazy (c) Love Crazy Old (d) Crazy Love Old
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 8526203004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 852 260 3004 (b) 526 203 004 (c) 852 620 30004 (d) 852 620 3004
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
11. 11.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
16. 16.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, mango, guava? (a) Mice Very Grab (b) Grab Mice Very (c) Very Mice Grab (d) Mice Grab Very
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 971057642. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 971 057 64 (b) 971 057 624 (c) 971 105 7642 (d) 971 057 642
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, guava, wallet, orange, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SGWOA (b) GSWOA (c) GWOAS (d) AOWGS
21. 21.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 130806180. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 308 061 80 (b) 130 806 1800 (c) 310 806 180 (d) 130 806 180
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, watch, duck? (a) Wise Pink Dance (b) Dance Wise Pink (c) Pink Wise Dance (d) Wise Dance Pink
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
26. 26.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, cat, vase? (a) Crazy Seven Very (b) Crazy Very Seven (c) Very Crazy Seven (d) Seven Crazy Very
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 301082082. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 301 020 82 (b) 301 108 2082 (c) 301 082 082 (d) 031 082 082
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
30. 30.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 110428295. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 110 428 295 (b) 114 028 295 (c) 111 042 8295 (d) 110 428 25
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, lemon, radio, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRNJ (b) JLRN (c) NRLJ (d) LJRN
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wise Nani (b) Wise Seven Every Nani (c) Nani Every Seven Wise (d) Every Nani Seven Wise
34. 34.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 906001714167. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9060 0171 41667 (b) 9060 0114 167 (c) 9060 0171 4167 (d) 9600 0171 4167
38. 38.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 489223020. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 492 230 20 (b) 489 223 200 (c) 489 223 0020 (d) 489 223 020
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 7792542833. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 779 254 2833 (b) 779 252 833 (c) 779 254 2383 (d) 779 225 42833

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