Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 450 · 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 the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Eight (b) Cook Pink Cats Eight (c) Cook Eight Pink Cats (d) Eight Cook Pink Cats
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 909560066. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 909 560 0066 (b) 909 560 066 (c) 909 560 06 (d) 990 560 066
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, key, monkey, inkpot, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KMITJ (b) JKMIT (c) TIMKJ (d) KJMIT
5. 5.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, whistle, shoe? (a) Wet Tiny Sing (b) Tiny Wet Sing (c) Wet Sing Tiny (d) Sing Wet Tiny
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 913391192. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 913 391 912 (b) 913 391 1992 (c) 913 391 12 (d) 913 391 192
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eat Pigs Aunty (b) Eat Lazy Pigs Aunty (c) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eat (d) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eat
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 136986185618. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1369 8618 5681 (b) 1369 8661 85618 (c) 1369 8618 568 (d) 1369 8618 5618
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, anchor, umbrella, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFUD (b) DUAF (c) FAUD (d) AUDF
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 247869027. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 247 869 027 (b) 247 869 072 (c) 247 869 9027 (d) 247 890 27
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, key, glass, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKGF (b) FGKA (c) KAGF (d) KGFA
18. 18.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 265310990. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 266 531 0990 (b) 265 310 90 (c) 625 310 990 (d) 265 310 990
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, ant, drum? (a) Ants Dad Mum (b) Ants Mum Dad (c) Mum Ants Dad (d) Dad Ants Mum
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, banana, tiger, guava, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTGAR (b) RBTGA (c) AGTBR (d) BRTGA
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 233522167. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 233 522 17 (b) 233 552 2167 (c) 233 522 167 (d) 233 522 617
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, spoon, apple, violin, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVASB (b) SBAVF (c) SAVFB (d) BSAVF
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 162797978295. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1627 9798 295 (b) 1662 7979 78295 (c) 1627 9977 8295 (d) 1627 9797 8295
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, jalebi, onion, cat, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JOCKV (b) KCOJV (c) VJOCK (d) JVOCK
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, tiger, whistle? (a) Dance Tiny Wins (b) Wins Tiny Dance (c) Tiny Wins Dance (d) Tiny Dance Wins
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 343236172. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 433 236 172 (b) 343 361 72 (c) 343 236 172 (d) 343 236 1772
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV

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