Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 63 · 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 707134411. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 701 344 11 (b) 770 713 4411 (c) 707 134 411 (d) 707 143 411
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 189606152562. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1896 0152 562 (b) 1896 0651 2562 (c) 1896 6061 52562 (d) 1896 0615 2562
4. 4.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 212332455153. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2213 3245 5153 (b) 2123 3255 153 (c) 2123 3245 5153 (d) 2123 3324 55153
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
7. 7.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, mango, inkpot, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIMT (b) TMIF (c) MTIF (d) MIFT
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 437442377. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 347 442 377 (b) 437 442 377 (c) 437 442 2377 (d) 474 423 77
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, doll, ball, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMBN (b) MDBN (c) DBNM (d) NBDM
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, coconut, parrot, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPCU (b) CUPO (c) UCPO (d) CPOU
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 707568017001. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7076 8017 001 (b) 7707 5680 17001 (c) 7705 6801 7001 (d) 7075 6801 7001
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Rani Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Silly Rani (c) Rani Silly Lazy Fly (d) Silly Lazy Fly Rani
17. 17.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, lamp, needle? (a) Love Nani Jeeps (b) Jeeps Love Nani (c) Nani Love Jeeps (d) Love Jeeps Nani
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 731629542. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 731 629 542 (b) 736 129 542 (c) 731 662 9542 (d) 736 295 42
20. 20.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
22. 22.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
25. 25.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 118073532470. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1187 0353 2470 (b) 1180 7353 24700 (c) 1180 7332 470 (d) 1180 7353 2470
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
29. 29.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, doll, pillow, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RPDJ (b) DJPR (c) DPRJ (d) JDPR
31. 31.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, violin, glass, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VGND (b) VDGN (c) DVGN (d) NGVD
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, pillow, sock? (a) Pigs Only Sing (b) Pigs Sing Only (c) Sing Pigs Only (d) Only Pigs Sing
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly My Aunty (b) Aunty My Funny Jolly (c) Jolly Funny My Aunty (d) Funny My Aunty Jolly
36. 36.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, net, jalebi, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NJLB (b) BNJL (c) NBJL (d) LJNB
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
39. 39.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Pink Crazy (b) Eat Crazy Crazy Pink (c) Crazy Eat Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Crazy Eat

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