Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 585 · 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 colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Goats (b) Goats Wins Silly (c) Wins Goats Silly (d) Silly Wins Goats
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 900237693. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 900 023 7693 (b) 090 237 693 (c) 900 237 63 (d) 900 237 693
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, inkpot, banana, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIBR (b) RBIF (c) IFBR (d) IBRF
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 707851707523. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7078 5170 523 (b) 7078 5170 7523 (c) 7078 8517 07523 (d) 7087 5170 7523
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
9. 9.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
12. 12.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Love Eight (c) Love Pink Aunty Eight (d) Eight Love Pink Aunty
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 310104218415. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3101 1042 18415 (b) 3101 0412 8415 (c) 3101 0421 8415 (d) 3101 0421 845
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Cats Every (c) Cats Every Pink Cook (d) Cats Pink Cook Every
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, doll, frog, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFVK (b) DKFV (c) VFDK (d) KDFV
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 888921127. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 888 911 27 (b) 888 921 1127 (c) 888 921 127 (d) 888 912 127
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 8064637520. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 804 663 7520 (b) 806 463 7520 (c) 806 463 520 (d) 806 463 75220
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, inkpot, kettle, tent, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTKIS (b) ISKTV (c) IKTVS (d) SIKTV
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 948912571643. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9489 1255 71643 (b) 9489 1257 643 (c) 9489 1275 1643 (d) 9489 1257 1643
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 569492094. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 569 492 0094 (b) 569 492 094 (c) 569 429 094 (d) 569 420 94
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Every Sing Wet (b) Every Sing Wet Neat (c) Wet Sing Every Neat (d) Every Neat Sing Wet
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly My Ants (b) Jolly Frogs My Ants (c) Ants My Frogs Jolly (d) Frogs My Ants Jolly
27. 27.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 4749270300. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 447 927 0300 (b) 474 927 03300 (c) 474 927 0300 (d) 749 270 300
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Play Ants Eight (b) Ants Play Lions Eight (c) Eight Lions Play Ants (d) Lions Eight Play Ants
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, candle, rope, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CROB (b) CBRO (c) BCRO (d) ORCB
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, watch, sock? (a) Only Wins Seven (b) Wins Seven Only (c) Wins Only Seven (d) Seven Wins Only
35. 35.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 1804445703. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 180 444 5730 (b) 180 444 573 (c) 180 444 5703 (d) 180 444 57033
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 239041403918. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2390 4140 3918 (b) 2390 4414 03918 (c) 2930 4140 3918 (d) 3904 1403 918
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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