Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 56 · 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 786876735. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 786 876 375 (b) 788 767 35 (c) 786 876 735 (d) 778 687 6735
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 523972684641. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2539 7268 4641 (b) 5239 7268 4641 (c) 2397 2684 641 (d) 5223 9726 84641
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, key, violin? (a) Big Kites Vines (b) Kites Vines Big (c) Vines Kites Big (d) Kites Big Vines
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 290470952. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 290 470 925 (b) 299 047 0952 (c) 290 470 952 (d) 904 709 52
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, coconut, watch? (a) Cook Wins Goats (b) Goats Cook Wins (c) Cook Goats Wins (d) Wins Cook Goats
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, goat, umpire? (a) Goats Play Up (b) Goats Up Play (c) Play Goats Up (d) Up Goats Play
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, bucket, anchor, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSAR (b) RABS (c) BARS (d) SBAR
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, doll, guava? (a) Goats Dance Pigs (b) Dance Pigs Goats (c) Dance Goats Pigs (d) Pigs Dance Goats
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 602740219582. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6027 4021 99582 (b) 6027 0421 9582 (c) 6027 4021 582 (d) 6027 4021 9582
17. 17.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 791110406652. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7911 0140 6652 (b) 7911 1104 06652 (c) 7911 1040 6652 (d) 7911 0406 652
21. 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
22. 22.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 6993769581. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 693 976 9581 (b) 699 376 95811 (c) 993 769 581 (d) 699 376 9581
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, fan, mango, vase, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMVUO (b) FOMVU (c) OFMVU (d) UVMFO
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Sing (b) Wins Goats Sing (c) Wins Sing Goats (d) Sing Wins Goats
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, flute, vase, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVFS (b) SFVC (c) FVCS (d) FSVC
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, igloo, pencil, ant, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IPASC (b) CIPAS (c) SAPIC (d) ICPAS
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, nest, drum? (a) Love Nani Dogs (b) Dogs Nani Love (c) Nani Love Dogs (d) Nani Dogs Love
31. 31.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
33. 33.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 567866041. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 567 786 6041 (b) 576 866 041 (c) 567 866 041 (d) 567 866 04
37. 37.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, whistle, umpire, candle, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WUCKA (b) AWUCK (c) WAUCK (d) KCUWA
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA

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