Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 510 · 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.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 258812998140. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2588 1299 8410 (b) 2588 1299 8140 (c) 2588 1299 140 (d) 2258 8129 98140
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, candle, sock, urn, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LUSCK (b) CSULK (c) KCSUL (d) CKSUL
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pink Crazy (b) Every Cook Pink Crazy (c) Cook Pink Crazy Every (d) Crazy Pink Cook Every
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 705326577. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 705 326 5777 (b) 705 326 577 (c) 705 265 77 (d) 705 236 577
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, owl, guava, drum, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGDCK (b) OKGDC (c) KOGDC (d) CDGOK
7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 420653612. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 422 065 3612 (b) 420 653 61 (c) 420 653 612 (d) 420 635 612
9. 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, igloo, orange, glass, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BGOIT (b) TIOGB (c) IOGBT (d) ITOGB
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Seven Rani (c) Seven Lazy Fly Rani (d) Rani Seven Lazy Fly
12. 12.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Silly Wet (b) Wet Silly Every Nine (c) Every Silly Wet Nine (d) Nine Every Silly Wet
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 315071035. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 315 010 35 (b) 315 071 035 (c) 135 071 035 (d) 315 071 0335
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My All Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly My All (c) All My Frogs Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs My All
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, ball, doll, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDFC (b) CBDF (c) FDBC (d) BCDF
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 724770150. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 274 770 150 (b) 724 770 50 (c) 724 770 1550 (d) 724 770 150
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, sock, ladder? (a) Love Sing Cats (b) Sing Love Cats (c) Cats Sing Love (d) Sing Cats Love
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 5109205397. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 509 205 397 (b) 510 920 5379 (c) 510 920 5397 (d) 510 920 05397
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 9473410758. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 944 734 10758 (b) 947 341 075 (c) 947 341 0758 (d) 947 341 0578
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 5811558209. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 581 155 8209 (b) 811 558 209 (c) 581 515 8209 (d) 581 115 58209
27. 27.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, mirror, net, wallet, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWNMR (b) MRNWB (c) MNWBR (d) RMNWB
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 619382460. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 169 382 460 (b) 619 382 460 (c) 619 824 60 (d) 619 382 4460
32. 32.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 9109814064. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 910 998 14064 (b) 190 981 4064 (c) 109 814 064 (d) 910 981 4064
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 665622710722. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6656 2271 0722 (b) 6656 2271 07722 (c) 6656 2271 022 (d) 6656 2721 0722
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
38. 38.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
39. 39.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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