Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 458 · 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: sock, apple, ladder, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASLB (b) SALB (c) BLAS (d) ALBS
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
3. 3.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, candle, goat, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MCGV (b) CMGV (c) CGVM (d) VGCM
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
7. 7.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 2070503661. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 207 050 36661 (b) 270 050 3661 (c) 207 050 3661 (d) 270 503 661
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 823182952. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 823 189 52 (b) 882 318 2952 (c) 823 182 952 (d) 823 182 925
17. 17.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 994681679. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 994 681 679 (b) 994 468 1679 (c) 994 616 79 (d) 994 686 179
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, tent, rose? (a) Sing Tiny Red (b) Red Tiny Sing (c) Tiny Red Sing (d) Tiny Sing Red
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 664315189. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 664 431 5189 (b) 664 315 819 (c) 664 315 189 (d) 664 315 19
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, duck, tomato, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLTO (b) OTDL (c) LDTO (d) DTOL
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 625292746263. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6252 9276 263 (b) 6225 9274 6263 (c) 6252 9274 6263 (d) 6252 9274 62263
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, candle, pencil, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPOB (b) CBPO (c) OPCB (d) BCPO
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, watch, mirror? (a) Wins Funny My (b) Funny Wins My (c) My Wins Funny (d) Wins My Funny
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat (b) Crazy Eat Pigs Cats (c) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (d) Eat Crazy Pigs Cats
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Grab (b) Wise Grab Seven (c) Grab Wise Seven (d) Wise Seven Grab
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 956231340. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 956 231 340 (b) 956 213 40 (c) 956 233 140 (d) 956 233 1340
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mice All Jolly (b) Fly Jolly Mice All (c) All Mice Fly Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Mice All
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 4923839474. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 492 388 39474 (b) 492 339 474 (c) 942 383 9474 (d) 492 383 9474
34. 34.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Funny Mice Aunty (b) Funny Jeeps Mice Aunty (c) Aunty Mice Funny Jeeps (d) Funny Mice Aunty Jeeps
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 618168818. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 618 168 8118 (b) 618 168 818 (c) 618 168 881 (d) 618 168 81
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Silly Green (b) Green Wet Silly (c) Wet Green Silly (d) Silly Wet Green
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 319003754. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 900 3754 (b) 319 003 75 (c) 310 903 754 (d) 319 003 754
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 331336616317. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3313 3661 6317 (b) 3133 6616 317 (c) 3313 3661 63317 (d) 3313 3666 1317

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