Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 561 · 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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs My All (b) Frogs My All Jolly (c) Frogs Jolly My All (d) All My Frogs Jolly
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Pink All (b) All Pink Lions Eight (c) Lions Pink All Eight (d) Eight Lions Pink All
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, glass, umbrella, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGUT (b) GUTJ (c) GJUT (d) TUGJ
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, ball, flute? (a) Big Frogs Wins (b) Frogs Big Wins (c) Big Wins Frogs (d) Wins Big Frogs
6. 6.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Ants Every (b) Every Lazy Play Ants (c) Ants Play Lazy Every (d) Lazy Every Play Ants
8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
11. 11.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Pink Ants (b) Ants Pink Love Eight (c) Love Pink Ants Eight (d) Eight Love Pink Ants
14. 14.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 822709492538. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8227 0949 258 (b) 8227 0949 2538 (c) 8227 0499 2538 (d) 8227 0949 25338
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 287612244961. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2786 1224 4961 (b) 2876 1224 4961 (c) 2876 1224 496 (d) 2876 1224 49661
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Goats (b) Goats Wet Sing (c) Wet Sing Goats (d) Wet Goats Sing
20. 20.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 813761806. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 811 376 1806 (b) 183 761 806 (c) 813 761 806 (d) 137 618 06
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 930888102470. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9308 8810 2470 (b) 9330 8881 02470 (c) 9308 8810 247 (d) 9308 8810 2740
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, ball, jug, tiger, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BOJTL (b) OBJTL (c) LTJBO (d) BJTLO
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 1220988571. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 098 8571 (b) 122 098 571 (c) 122 009 88571 (d) 212 098 8571
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 485531246605. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4855 3124 605 (b) 4855 3124 6605 (c) 4855 3122 46605 (d) 4855 3142 6605
26. 26.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 692936814735. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6929 3368 14735 (b) 6929 3681 4753 (c) 6929 3681 4735 (d) 6929 3681 435
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 130525644. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 130 522 5644 (b) 130 525 44 (c) 130 525 644 (d) 310 525 644
29. 29.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, key, guava? (a) Kites Dance Grab (b) Kites Grab Dance (c) Grab Kites Dance (d) Dance Kites Grab
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 2122906796. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 212 290 696 (b) 212 290 6796 (c) 212 920 6796 (d) 212 290 06796
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 101874627. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 101 874 627 (b) 101 874 267 (c) 101 846 27 (d) 101 874 6227
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 490016434. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 490 016 443 (b) 400 164 34 (c) 490 016 434 (d) 490 016 4434
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, watch, candle, drum, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WCDRF (b) RDCWF (c) WFCDR (d) FWCDR
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, goat, fan? (a) Funny Green Wise (b) Green Wise Funny (c) Green Funny Wise (d) Wise Green Funny
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
39. 39.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, candle, watch? (a) Crazy Kind Wins (b) Crazy Wins Kind (c) Kind Crazy Wins (d) Wins Crazy Kind

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