Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 563 · 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.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 409846501. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 409 846 51 (b) 409 846 6501 (c) 409 846 510 (d) 409 846 501
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 652777395953. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6527 7793 5953 (b) 6527 7739 953 (c) 6527 7739 5953 (d) 6527 7733 95953
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🔤 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
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 487147012. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 487 140 712 (b) 487 147 7012 (c) 487 147 012 (d) 487 147 12
8. 8.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, goat, flute? (a) Very Grab Funny (b) Grab Funny Very (c) Funny Grab Very (d) Grab Very Funny
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 516134430397. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5163 4430 397 (b) 1561 3443 0397 (c) 5516 1344 30397 (d) 5161 3443 0397
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Seven Runs (b) Seven Runs Love Funny (c) Runs Seven Love Funny (d) Seven Love Funny Runs
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 399925781743. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3999 2578 1743 (b) 3999 2571 743 (c) 3999 2578 81743 (d) 3999 2587 1743
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, ant, umpire, jalebi, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GJUAN (b) ANUJG (c) AUJGN (d) NAUJG
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 240122174231. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2402 1217 4231 (b) 2412 2174 231 (c) 2401 2217 4231 (d) 2401 1221 74231
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Green (b) Green Wise Seven (c) Wise Green Seven (d) Wise Seven Green
17. 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 2760709679. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 260 709 679 (b) 276 700 9679 (c) 276 077 09679 (d) 276 070 9679
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 8828631076. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 888 631 076 (b) 882 863 1067 (c) 882 863 1076 (d) 882 863 11076
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 456242462. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 456 624 2462 (b) 456 242 462 (c) 456 244 62 (d) 546 242 462
22. 22.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 1410148640. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 141 041 8640 (b) 141 101 48640 (c) 141 014 860 (d) 141 014 8640
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, violin, onion? (a) Uncle Very Only (b) Very Uncle Only (c) Very Only Uncle (d) Only Very Uncle
25. 25.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wise Nine (b) Eat Nine Silly Wise (c) Nine Eat Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Eat Nine
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 6931804516. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 693 180 5416 (b) 693 180 516 (c) 693 180 45116 (d) 693 180 4516
29. 29.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 111299071. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 111 299 07 (b) 111 229 9071 (c) 112 199 071 (d) 111 299 071
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
33. 33.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, mirror, frog? (a) Up Mice Frogs (b) Mice Frogs Up (c) Mice Up Frogs (d) Frogs Mice Up
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, ice cream, umbrella? (a) Uncle Ink Fly (b) Fly Ink Uncle (c) Ink Uncle Fly (d) Ink Fly Uncle
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, ball, jug, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBJL (b) BJLN (c) BNJL (d) LJBN
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Fly Jolly (b) Fly Jolly Mum Ants (c) Fly Mum Ants Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Mum Ants
40. 40.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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