Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 605 · 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 4058441507. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 458 441 507 (b) 405 844 1507 (c) 405 584 41507 (d) 405 841 4507
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, umpire, ball, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBUP (b) UBLP (c) UPBL (d) PUBL
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 334594994252. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3334 5949 94252 (b) 3359 4994 252 (c) 3345 9499 4252 (d) 3345 9499 2452
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 872323381017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8723 2338 10017 (b) 8723 2338 1017 (c) 8723 3238 1017 (d) 8732 3381 017
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, igloo, guava? (a) Ink Grab Jump (b) Grab Ink Jump (c) Ink Jump Grab (d) Jump Ink Grab
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 466722129600. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4667 2212 9600 (b) 4667 2122 9600 (c) 4667 2219 600 (d) 4667 2221 29600
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Goats (b) Goats Wise Seven (c) Wise Goats Seven (d) Wise Seven Goats
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 904090394656. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9040 0939 4656 (b) 9040 9039 44656 (c) 9040 0394 656 (d) 9040 9039 4656
18. 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, vase, ladder? (a) Lazy Very Up (b) Very Lazy Up (c) Up Very Lazy (d) Very Up Lazy
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, ball, needle, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNOL (b) ONBL (c) BLNO (d) LBNO
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 760124589. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 760 124 589 (b) 760 214 589 (c) 760 012 4589 (d) 760 124 58
24. 24.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, ant, radio? (a) Ants Pigs Rani (b) Rani Ants Pigs (c) Pigs Ants Rani (d) Ants Rani Pigs
26. 26.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) a mind map
28. 28.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Seven (b) Seven Wet Goats (c) Wet Seven Goats (d) Wet Goats Seven
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 517018922. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 517 018 922 (b) 157 018 922 (c) 517 018 92 (d) 511 701 8922
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Pigs Ants (b) Ants Pigs Lazy Eight (c) Eight Lazy Pigs Ants (d) Lazy Pigs Ants Eight
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 591410642. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 591 410 462 (b) 591 410 642 (c) 591 410 0642 (d) 591 406 42
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, drum, urn, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUVM (b) DMUV (c) MDUV (d) VUDM
36. 36.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, key, ball, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLBG (b) GBKL (c) KBGL (d) LKBG
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, ant, mango, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMPT (b) ATMP (c) PMAT (d) TAMP
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, jalebi, tiger, watch, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTWMS (b) JSTWM (c) MWTJS (d) SJTWM
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 116592229. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 111 659 2229 (b) 115 692 229 (c) 116 592 229 (d) 116 592 29

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