Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 470 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Lions Every (c) Every Lions Pigs Aunty (d) Lions Pigs Aunty Every
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 842925635262. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8429 2565 262 (b) 8429 2536 5262 (c) 8429 2563 55262 (d) 8429 2563 5262
5. 5.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 4701021167. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 470 102 167 (b) 470 102 1167 (c) 470 102 1176 (d) 447 010 21167
7. 7.🔤 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
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 121096381. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 121 009 6381 (b) 121 093 81 (c) 121 096 381 (d) 121 069 381
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
11. 11.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, tiger, guava? (a) Grab Tea Seven (b) Tea Grab Seven (c) Seven Tea Grab (d) Tea Seven Grab
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, tomato, needle, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGNU (b) UNTG (c) TNUG (d) GTNU
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
19. 19.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, needle, owl, mirror, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTOMV (b) TNOMV (c) NOMVT (d) VMONT
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 4653469540. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 465 346 9540 (b) 463 546 9540 (c) 453 469 540 (d) 465 344 69540
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wise Nine (b) Every Nine Silly Wise (c) Nine Every Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Every Nine
23. 23.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 6414963873. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 641 496 3873 (b) 641 499 63873 (c) 644 963 873 (d) 644 196 3873
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.✏️ 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
29. 29.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink All Eat (b) All Pink Lazy Eat (c) Lazy Eat Pink All (d) Eat Lazy Pink All
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, duck, rose? (a) Runs Dad Inside (b) Inside Dad Runs (c) Dad Runs Inside (d) Dad Inside Runs
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 922446809. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 922 446 6809 (b) 924 246 809 (c) 922 446 809 (d) 924 468 09
38. 38.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 7586429732. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 786 429 732 (b) 758 642 9732 (c) 758 642 7932 (d) 758 664 29732
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, pencil, tiger? (a) Tea Pigs Runs (b) Pigs Tea Runs (c) Runs Pigs Tea (d) Pigs Runs Tea

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