Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 612 · 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 1311500169. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 113 115 00169 (b) 131 150 0169 (c) 311 500 169 (d) 131 150 0196
2. 2.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, ladder, glass? (a) Love Kind Goats (b) Love Goats Kind (c) Kind Love Goats (d) Goats Love Kind
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Love Seven Runs (b) Seven Love Fly Runs (c) Runs Seven Love Fly (d) Seven Runs Love Fly
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, net, lemon, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNLD (b) NLDC (c) DLNC (d) NCLD
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 591690814. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 519 690 814 (b) 591 690 8144 (c) 591 690 814 (d) 591 690 84
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nine Silly Wise (b) Nine Eight Silly Wise (c) Eight Silly Wise Nine (d) Wise Silly Eight Nine
18. 18.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 705689158823. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7056 8918 5823 (b) 7056 8911 58823 (c) 7056 9158 823 (d) 7056 8915 8823
20. 20.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, umpire, guava? (a) Up Goats Wise (b) Goats Up Wise (c) Wise Up Goats (d) Up Wise Goats
22. 22.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 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
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, jalebi, tomato, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTNC (b) JCTN (c) NTJC (d) CJTN
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Lazy Fly (b) Sing Lazy Fly Runs (c) Fly Lazy Sing Runs (d) Sing Runs Lazy Fly
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, fan, coconut? (a) Fly Crazy Ice (b) Fly Ice Crazy (c) Ice Fly Crazy (d) Crazy Fly Ice
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 1706714406. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 170 671 4406 (b) 170 671 4460 (c) 117 067 14406 (d) 106 714 406
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, rope, ice cream, anchor, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PAIRF (b) RIAPF (c) RFIAP (d) FRIAP
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, urn, pencil? (a) Up Pink Seven (b) Pink Up Seven (c) Up Seven Pink (d) Seven Up Pink
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, flute, guava? (a) Goats Fly Very (b) Fly Very Goats (c) Fly Goats Very (d) Very Fly Goats
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 8443901772. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 443 901 772 (b) 844 339 01772 (c) 484 390 1772 (d) 844 390 1772
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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