Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 465 · 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 393613309186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3396 1330 9186 (b) 3961 3309 186 (c) 3993 6133 09186 (d) 3936 1330 9186
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wise Grab (b) Wise Grab Sing (c) Grab Wise Sing (d) Wise Sing Grab
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
5. 5.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, lamp, pencil? (a) Love Bunny Pink (b) Bunny Love Pink (c) Pink Love Bunny (d) Love Pink Bunny
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, key, jug, wallet, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKJWT (b) KJWTA (c) TWJKA (d) KAJWT
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 597787225. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 597 872 25 (b) 559 778 7225 (c) 597 787 225 (d) 597 778 225
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 726459436. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 726 459 346 (b) 726 459 436 (c) 726 459 4366 (d) 726 459 46
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, duck, ice cream? (a) Inside Dance Frogs (b) Frogs Dance Inside (c) Dance Inside Frogs (d) Dance Frogs Inside
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
17. 17.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Goats (b) Wet Goats Sing (c) Goats Wet Sing (d) Wet Sing Goats
20. 20.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, cat, umbrella, jalebi, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUJOK (b) OJUCK (c) KCUJO (d) CKUJO
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, violin, drum, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKDJ (b) VDJK (c) JDVK (d) KVDJ
24. 24.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 716863873. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 716 863 8873 (b) 716 863 873 (c) 718 638 73 (d) 718 663 873
27. 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, violin, tomato, kettle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WVTKB (b) VWTKB (c) BKTVW (d) VTKBW
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, spoon, apple? (a) Owls Seven Aunty (b) Seven Aunty Owls (c) Seven Owls Aunty (d) Aunty Seven Owls
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 345381808278. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3453 8108 278 (b) 3458 3180 8278 (c) 3453 8180 8278 (d) 3453 8818 08278
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Lions Funny (b) Runs Silly Lions Funny (c) Silly Lions Funny Runs (d) Funny Lions Silly Runs
33. 33.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
35. 35.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, pillow, orange? (a) Play Jump Owls (b) Play Owls Jump (c) Jump Play Owls (d) Owls Play Jump
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) WSG
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence

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