Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 49 · 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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 2641300159. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 264 113 00159 (b) 264 130 0159 (c) 264 130 059 (d) 624 130 0159
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
5. 5.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 5436773187. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 534 677 3187 (b) 543 677 3187 (c) 544 367 73187 (d) 543 677 187
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Play Ants (b) Ants Play Love Eight (c) Love Play Ants Eight (d) Eight Love Play Ants
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Seven (b) Wet Seven Grab (c) Seven Wet Grab (d) Grab Wet Seven
11. 11.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, anchor, doll, tent, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTDAW (b) ADTBW (c) WADTB (d) AWDTB
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, tomato, anchor? (a) Tea Bunny All (b) Bunny Tea All (c) All Tea Bunny (d) Tea All Bunny
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 4276887020. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 427 687 020 (b) 427 688 77020 (c) 427 688 7020 (d) 472 688 7020
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Funny Red (b) Red Sing Love Funny (c) Funny Love Sing Red (d) Sing Red Love Funny
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, guava, fan? (a) Green Aunty Funny (b) Green Funny Aunty (c) Aunty Green Funny (d) Funny Green Aunty
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.🔢 You want to remember the number 952569042928. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9525 6904 2928 (b) 9525 9042 928 (c) 9255 6904 2928 (d) 9525 5690 42928
21. 21.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, bucket, tent? (a) Jump Bunny Tiny (b) Bunny Jump Tiny (c) Tiny Bunny Jump (d) Bunny Tiny Jump
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, jug, anchor? (a) Sing Jump Aunty (b) Aunty Jump Sing (c) Jump Sing Aunty (d) Jump Aunty Sing
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 442594331. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 424 594 331 (b) 442 943 31 (c) 442 599 4331 (d) 442 594 331
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Love Funny (b) Funny Love Seven Rani (c) Seven Love Funny Rani (d) Seven Rani Love Funny
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Silly (b) Wins Silly Goats (c) Silly Wins Goats (d) Wins Goats Silly
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, candle, spoon? (a) Cats Seven Vines (b) Vines Cats Seven (c) Cats Vines Seven (d) Seven Cats Vines
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
32. 32.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, jalebi, urn, radio, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MJURG (b) GRUJM (c) JURGM (d) JMURG
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, nest, banana, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNBA (b) NCBA (c) ABNC (d) NBAC
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pink All Eight (b) Lions Eight Pink All (c) Eight Lions Pink All (d) All Pink Lions Eight
38. 38.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Sing (b) Sing Wins Green (c) Wins Sing Green (d) Wins Green Sing
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, wallet, guava? (a) Wins Uncle Goats (b) Uncle Wins Goats (c) Wins Goats Uncle (d) Goats Wins Uncle

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