Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 542 · 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 952995472. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 952 995 72 (b) 952 995 427 (c) 952 999 5472 (d) 952 995 472
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, ice cream, kite, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITKW (b) WKIT (c) TIKW (d) IKWT
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, needle, mirror, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NMID (b) NDMI (c) DNMI (d) IMND
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, anchor, rose? (a) All Red Lazy (b) Lazy All Red (c) All Lazy Red (d) Red All Lazy
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
8. 8.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, lemon, candle? (a) Lions Vines Cats (b) Lions Cats Vines (c) Cats Lions Vines (d) Vines Lions Cats
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, net, kettle, orange, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKOTI (b) NIKOT (c) TOKNI (d) INKOT
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, coconut, guava, mirror, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCGMO (b) CFGMO (c) OMGCF (d) CGMOF
16. 16.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, doll, coconut? (a) Jolly Dad Cats (b) Cats Dad Jolly (c) Dad Jolly Cats (d) Dad Cats Jolly
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 634580141. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 645 801 41 (b) 643 580 141 (c) 634 580 141 (d) 634 458 0141
20. 20.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 5675138881. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 567 551 38881 (b) 567 513 8881 (c) 567 513 888 (d) 657 513 8881
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, guava, banana, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGBT (b) GIBT (c) TBGI (d) GBTI
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 445381954. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 445 381 1954 (b) 445 381 954 (c) 453 819 54 (d) 445 318 954
26. 26.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
29. 29.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 778689522642. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7786 8522 642 (b) 7786 8952 2642 (c) 7786 8952 26422 (d) 7876 8952 2642
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 5951923697. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 591 923 697 (b) 595 192 3697 (c) 595 912 3697 (d) 595 192 36997
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, kite, fan? (a) My Kind Funny (b) Kind Funny My (c) Funny Kind My (d) Kind My Funny
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 188535256. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 185 352 56 (b) 188 535 256 (c) 818 535 256 (d) 188 535 2556
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, rose, key, umbrella, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RAKUL (b) LUKRA (c) ARKUL (d) RKULA
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, flute, umpire, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUFJ (b) FUSJ (c) FJUS (d) JFUS

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