Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 463 · 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 951431532813. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9514 3153 2813 (b) 9514 3153 2831 (c) 9143 1532 813 (d) 9514 3155 32813
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 343888435. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 344 388 8435 (b) 343 888 435 (c) 343 884 35 (d) 343 888 453
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, net, ladder? (a) Lazy Nine My (b) Nine Lazy My (c) My Nine Lazy (d) Nine My Lazy
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Green (b) Green Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Green (d) Wise Green Seven
11. 11.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, wallet, radio? (a) Inside Wet Red (b) Red Wet Inside (c) Wet Red Inside (d) Wet Inside Red
13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 183501272. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 835 012 72 (b) 183 510 272 (c) 183 501 272 (d) 183 350 1272
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, apple, wallet, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADWU (b) UWAD (c) DAWU (d) AWUD
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 855688100028. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8556 8810 0028 (b) 8556 8810 0082 (c) 8555 6881 00028 (d) 8568 8100 028
19. 19.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 737518237273. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7375 1827 3273 (b) 7377 5182 37273 (c) 7375 1823 7273 (d) 7375 1827 273
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, igloo, pencil? (a) Nine Inside Pink (b) Pink Inside Nine (c) Inside Pink Nine (d) Inside Nine Pink
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, lamp, net, anchor, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LONAV (b) LNAVO (c) OLNAV (d) VANLO
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Red Love Funny (b) Red Sing Love Funny (c) Funny Love Sing Red (d) Sing Love Funny Red
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 458306650303. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4853 0665 0303 (b) 4580 6650 303 (c) 4583 0665 0303 (d) 4583 0066 50303
28. 28.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Pink All (b) Lions Pink All Every (c) Every Lions Pink All (d) All Pink Lions Every
31. 31.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, shoe, bucket? (a) Sing Big Dance (b) Dance Sing Big (c) Sing Dance Big (d) Big Sing Dance
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Sing Wise Nani (b) Wise Sing Eight Nani (c) Nani Eight Sing Wise (d) Eight Nani Sing Wise
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cats Eat (b) Eat Crazy Play Cats (c) Cats Play Crazy Eat (d) Crazy Eat Play Cats
37. 37.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 172912879289. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1291 2879 289 (b) 1729 1287 92289 (c) 1729 1287 9289 (d) 1729 1287 9298
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, duck, apple? (a) Dogs Aunty Vans (b) Aunty Dogs Vans (c) Dogs Vans Aunty (d) Vans Dogs Aunty

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