Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 653 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, candle, rope? (a) Cook Old Runs (b) Old Cook Runs (c) Runs Cook Old (d) Cook Runs Old
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump Mice Aunty (b) Frogs Mice Aunty Jump (c) Jump Frogs Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Mice Frogs Jump
4. 4.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 116128455. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 161 128 455 (b) 111 284 55 (c) 116 128 455 (d) 111 612 8455
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 332964217346. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3329 6421 77346 (b) 3329 6421 346 (c) 3329 6427 1346 (d) 3329 6421 7346
8. 8.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
11. 11.🔤 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
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, apple, rope? (a) Rani Ants Inside (b) Ants Inside Rani (c) Ants Rani Inside (d) Inside Ants Rani
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 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) chunking (d) an acronym
17. 17.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 5125014910. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 512 501 4910 (b) 512 501 4190 (c) 512 514 910 (d) 512 501 49100
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lazy Fly (b) Seven Rani Lazy Fly (c) Fly Lazy Seven Rani (d) Seven Lazy Fly Rani
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 385262483438. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3825 6248 3438 (b) 3852 6248 3438 (c) 3855 2624 83438 (d) 3852 2483 438
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Green (b) Wins Green Seven (c) Green Wins Seven (d) Wins Seven Green
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 475293763249. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4725 9376 3249 (b) 4752 9376 329 (c) 4752 9376 3249 (d) 4755 2937 63249
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, kettle, whistle, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFWB (b) BWKF (c) FKWB (d) KWBF
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 224820703791. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2248 2070 3791 (b) 2224 8207 03791 (c) 2248 0270 3791 (d) 2482 0703 791
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 321123111. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 321 213 111 (b) 321 122 3111 (c) 321 123 111 (d) 321 121 11
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 122768972983. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1227 8697 2983 (b) 1227 6897 293 (c) 1227 6897 29983 (d) 1227 6897 2983
33. 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Sing (b) Green Wins Sing (c) Wins Sing Green (d) Sing Wins Green
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, ice cream, rope, duck, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDRIS (b) IRDKS (c) SIRDK (d) ISRDK
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 197834101. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 197 834 101 (b) 178 341 01 (c) 119 783 4101 (d) 917 834 101
40. 40.🔤 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

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