Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 621 · 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 3214837155. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 332 148 37155 (b) 321 483 7155 (c) 231 483 7155 (d) 314 837 155
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Eight Nani (b) Eight Nani Silly Wise (c) Nani Eight Silly Wise (d) Eight Silly Wise Nani
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 232108254. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 232 108 254 (b) 223 108 254 (c) 232 110 8254 (d) 232 108 24
4. 4.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 9765493260. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 976 549 3260 (b) 965 493 260 (c) 976 544 93260 (d) 976 549 3620
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Fly My All (b) Fly Jump My All (c) All My Fly Jump (d) Fly My All Jump
10. 10.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, umpire, frog? (a) Up Dance Funny (b) Dance Up Funny (c) Funny Up Dance (d) Up Funny Dance
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, rope, mango? (a) Red Mum Tiny (b) Tiny Red Mum (c) Mum Red Tiny (d) Red Tiny Mum
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, rope, ladder, doll, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RLDBU (b) RULDB (c) URLDB (d) BDLRU
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nine Silly Wise (b) Eight Silly Wise Nine (c) Wise Silly Eight Nine (d) Nine Eight Silly Wise
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 789725688518. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7892 7568 8518 (b) 7897 2568 85518 (c) 8972 5688 518 (d) 7897 2568 8518
20. 20.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 535394903. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 535 394 9003 (b) 533 949 03 (c) 535 394 903 (d) 355 394 903
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, urn, rose? (a) Uncle Dance Red (b) Dance Uncle Red (c) Uncle Red Dance (d) Red Uncle Dance
27. 27.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
30. 30.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, lamp, apple? (a) Ants Love Bunny (b) Love Ants Bunny (c) Bunny Love Ants (d) Love Bunny Ants
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Goats (b) Goats Wet Seven (c) Wet Seven Goats (d) Wet Goats Seven
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, guava, tomato, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GTKN (b) KTGN (c) GNTK (d) NGTK
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pigs Ants (b) Every Love Pigs Ants (c) Love Pigs Ants Every (d) Ants Pigs Love Every
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, orange, wallet, coconut, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OWCSG (b) OGWCS (c) GOWCS (d) SCWOG
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1569657460. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 156 965 7640 (b) 155 696 57460 (c) 156 965 7460 (d) 569 657 460
37. 37.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence

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