Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 549 · 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 1206635087. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 120 663 55087 (b) 120 636 5087 (c) 106 635 087 (d) 120 663 5087
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 2771276534. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 277 712 76534 (b) 277 276 534 (c) 277 127 6534 (d) 277 217 6534
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Lions Funny (b) Seven Lions Funny Rani (c) Rani Seven Lions Funny (d) Funny Lions Seven Rani
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 613258251194. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6132 5825 194 (b) 6132 5825 1194 (c) 1632 5825 1194 (d) 6113 2582 51194
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, ant, monkey? (a) Mice Ants Green (b) Ants Mice Green (c) Ants Green Mice (d) Green Ants Mice
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 544986735. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 544 986 75 (b) 544 498 6735 (c) 549 486 735 (d) 544 986 735
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, vase, shoe, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVSW (b) VPSW (c) WSVP (d) VSWP
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, radio, ball, candle, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFBCI (b) FRBCI (c) RBCIF (d) ICBRF
10. 10.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, ant, kite? (a) Owls Ants Kids (b) Ants Owls Kids (c) Ants Kids Owls (d) Kids Ants Owls
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, umbrella, anchor, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NUAR (b) UARN (c) UNAR (d) RAUN
13. 13.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 918342009. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 913 420 09 (b) 198 342 009 (c) 918 342 0099 (d) 918 342 009
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, apple, doll? (a) Pigs Ants Dad (b) Ants Pigs Dad (c) Ants Dad Pigs (d) Dad Ants Pigs
19. 19.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
20. 20.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, doll, coconut? (a) Jolly Dad Cats (b) Dad Jolly Cats (c) Dad Cats Jolly (d) Cats Dad Jolly
23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, glass, coconut? (a) Grab Aunty Crazy (b) Grab Crazy Aunty (c) Aunty Grab Crazy (d) Crazy Grab Aunty
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, igloo, shoe? (a) Sing Ice Tiny (b) Ice Tiny Sing (c) Ice Sing Tiny (d) Tiny Ice Sing
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 793042274. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 973 042 274 (b) 793 042 274 (c) 793 042 74 (d) 793 042 2274
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 4019556730. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 041 955 6730 (b) 401 955 56730 (c) 401 955 6730 (d) 401 556 730
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, key, net? (a) Kids Pink Nine (b) Kids Nine Pink (c) Nine Kids Pink (d) Pink Kids Nine
34. 34.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, onion, banana, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBOK (b) OKBC (c) OBCK (d) KOBC
36. 36.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, needle, banana? (a) Big Neat Very (b) Neat Very Big (c) Neat Big Very (d) Very Neat Big
39. 39.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking

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