Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 623 · 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 5710590960. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 510 590 960 (b) 751 059 0960 (c) 571 005 90960 (d) 571 059 0960
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 233351923. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 233 531 923 (b) 233 335 1923 (c) 233 351 92 (d) 233 351 923
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, bucket, radio, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BRFV (b) VBRF (c) BVRF (d) FRBV
4. 4.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 812813267. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 812 813 267 (b) 812 813 3267 (c) 812 813 67 (d) 812 813 276
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Every Sing Wins (b) Every Nine Sing Wins (c) Every Sing Wins Nine (d) Wins Sing Every Nine
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, van, ant, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OAVU (b) VUAO (c) UVAO (d) VAOU
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, anchor, kite, drum, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALKDT (b) LAKDT (c) AKDTL (d) TDKAL
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.🔢 You want to remember the number 335030345843. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3350 3034 45843 (b) 3350 3043 5843 (c) 3350 3034 584 (d) 3350 3034 5843
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Love Fly (b) Fly Love Silly Runs (c) Silly Love Fly Runs (d) Runs Silly Love Fly
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
17. 17.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Every (b) Cook Every Pink Cats (c) Every Cook Pink Cats (d) Cook Pink Cats Every
20. 20.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Frogs My Aunty (b) Frogs Jump My Aunty (c) Frogs My Aunty Jump (d) Aunty My Frogs Jump
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, rope, jalebi? (a) Frogs Rani Jump (b) Rani Frogs Jump (c) Jump Rani Frogs (d) Rani Jump Frogs
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
25. 25.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, umpire, banana, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UPBD (b) UBDP (c) DBUP (d) PUBD
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 755537704. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 755 357 704 (b) 755 537 704 (c) 755 537 7704 (d) 755 377 04
28. 28.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 766297330. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 766 297 330 (b) 766 297 33 (c) 766 297 3330 (d) 766 297 303
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 345407866005. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3540 7866 005 (b) 3544 0786 6005 (c) 3454 0788 66005 (d) 3454 0786 6005
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 179303079. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 179 303 079 (b) 179 930 3079 (c) 173 030 79 (d) 179 330 079
35. 35.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Crazy Eight (b) Crazy Eight Pigs Cook (c) Eight Crazy Pigs Cook (d) Crazy Pigs Cook Eight
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 590311056453. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5901 3105 6453 (b) 5901 1056 453 (c) 5903 1105 6453 (d) 5990 3110 56453
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, tomato, owl? (a) Toys Dad Old (b) Toys Old Dad (c) Dad Toys Old (d) Old Toys Dad
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, sock, rose? (a) Silly Red Frogs (b) Frogs Silly Red (c) Red Silly Frogs (d) Silly Frogs Red

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