Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 442 · 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: apple, jug, ice cream, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AJIL (b) JILA (c) LIJA (d) JAIL
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 3095751652. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 309 575 1652 (b) 309 575 652 (c) 309 575 51652 (d) 039 575 1652
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Lions Fly (b) Rani Seven Lions Fly (c) Fly Lions Seven Rani (d) Seven Lions Fly Rani
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum All Jump (b) All Mum Frogs Jump (c) Jump Frogs Mum All (d) Frogs Jump Mum All
6. 6.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 615025571. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 651 025 571 (b) 615 025 571 (c) 615 025 5571 (d) 615 255 71
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, bucket, guava? (a) Big Goats Funny (b) Goats Big Funny (c) Funny Big Goats (d) Big Funny Goats
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Pink Cook (d) Crazy Pink Cook Every
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wet Sing (b) Wet Sing Grab (c) Wet Grab Sing (d) Sing Wet Grab
12. 12.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, monkey, tomato? (a) Mice Only Tea (b) Mice Tea Only (c) Tea Mice Only (d) Only Mice Tea
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 728464056140. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7284 6456 140 (b) 7284 6405 61140 (c) 7284 6405 6140 (d) 7824 6405 6140
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, fan, doll, monkey, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FADMS (b) FDMSA (c) AFDMS (d) SMDFA
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2218050251. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 221 805 0251 (b) 221 805 0521 (c) 221 850 251 (d) 221 805 02511
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, violin, pencil? (a) Pigs Vans Seven (b) Vans Pigs Seven (c) Seven Vans Pigs (d) Vans Seven Pigs
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 255206191. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 255 261 91 (b) 255 206 191 (c) 225 520 6191 (d) 255 201 691
24. 24.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
25. 25.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 2320216219. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 233 202 16219 (b) 232 021 619 (c) 232 021 6291 (d) 232 021 6219
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 606415561. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 660 641 5561 (b) 606 415 561 (c) 660 415 561 (d) 064 155 61
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, goat, wallet? (a) Wise Goats Ants (b) Goats Ants Wise (c) Ants Goats Wise (d) Goats Wise Ants
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, ladder, shoe? (a) Love Mum Seven (b) Mum Love Seven (c) Love Seven Mum (d) Seven Love Mum
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 373178248. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 373 178 248 (b) 373 178 48 (c) 733 178 248 (d) 373 178 2488
33. 33.🧰 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) chunking (d) an acronym word
34. 34.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, guava, doll, jeep, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGDJU (b) GFDJU (c) UJDGF (d) GDJUF
37. 37.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink Aunty Eat (b) Love Eat Pink Aunty (c) Aunty Pink Love Eat (d) Eat Love Pink Aunty
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 9358940724. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 935 894 724 (b) 935 894 0742 (c) 935 894 0724 (d) 935 894 07724
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 820244885235. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8202 4488 525 (b) 8820 2448 85235 (c) 8202 4488 5253 (d) 8202 4488 5235

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