Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 519 · 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 470789212. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 470 789 212 (b) 470 789 21 (c) 470 879 212 (d) 470 078 9212
2. 2.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 896086421462. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8960 8642 1462 (b) 8968 6421 462 (c) 8960 0864 21462 (d) 8960 8641 2462
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 9339287473. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 933 987 473 (b) 939 328 7473 (c) 993 392 87473 (d) 933 928 7473
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, goat, shoe, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGSB (b) BSGU (c) GSBU (d) GUSB
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
7. 7.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Sing (b) Wise Sing Goats (c) Sing Wise Goats (d) Wise Goats Sing
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lazy Eight (b) Eight Lazy Play Aunty (c) Lazy Eight Play Aunty (d) Lazy Play Aunty Eight
16. 16.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, sock, flute? (a) Big Seven Funny (b) Funny Seven Big (c) Seven Big Funny (d) Seven Funny Big
19. 19.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, onion, candle, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ROCK (b) OCKR (c) KCOR (d) ORCK
21. 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 812681696. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 821 681 696 (b) 812 688 1696 (c) 812 681 66 (d) 812 681 696
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Love Frogs (b) Red Seven Love Frogs (c) Seven Love Frogs Red (d) Frogs Love Seven Red
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 194402282. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 149 402 282 (b) 944 022 82 (c) 194 402 2882 (d) 194 402 282
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 118804779098. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1188 0477 998 (b) 1188 0747 9098 (c) 1188 0477 99098 (d) 1188 0477 9098
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Lazy Funny (b) Funny Lazy Seven Red (c) Red Seven Lazy Funny (d) Seven Lazy Funny Red
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 507034784316. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5070 3347 84316 (b) 5070 3478 316 (c) 5070 3478 4316 (d) 5007 3478 4316
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, spoon, fan? (a) Seven Old Frogs (b) Frogs Seven Old (c) Old Seven Frogs (d) Seven Frogs Old
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Seven Rani (c) Seven Rani Lions Funny (d) Seven Lions Funny Rani
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) ELPA
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, cat, lamp, tomato, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WTLCF (b) FCLTW (c) CLTWF (d) CFLTW
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Goats (b) Wise Goats Seven (c) Seven Wise Goats (d) Goats Wise Seven
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 1810066248. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 006 6248 (b) 188 100 66248 (c) 181 066 248 (d) 181 006 6248
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, parrot, guava, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PAGF (b) PGFA (c) FGPA (d) APGF
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
38. 38.🧰 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
39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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