Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 663 · 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 times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, pillow, banana, van, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGBVF (b) GPBVF (c) PBVFG (d) FVBPG
3. 3.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, apple, ball, drum, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMBDF (b) FDBAM (c) MABDF (d) ABDFM
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
7. 7.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Frogs Rani (b) Rani Sing Love Frogs (c) Sing Rani Love Frogs (d) Frogs Love Sing Rani
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 571956490193. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5719 9564 90193 (b) 5719 5649 0193 (c) 5719 5649 193 (d) 5719 5640 9193
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 161184505790. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1611 8450 57990 (b) 1611 4505 790 (c) 1611 8450 5790 (d) 1611 8405 5790
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lions Funny Red (b) Funny Lions Silly Red (c) Red Silly Lions Funny (d) Silly Red Lions Funny
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, watch, spoon? (a) Seven Wise Ice (b) Wise Ice Seven (c) Ice Wise Seven (d) Wise Seven Ice
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, fan, sock? (a) Frogs Silly Green (b) Silly Frogs Green (c) Green Frogs Silly (d) Frogs Green Silly
23. 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 154230332825. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1523 0332 825 (b) 5142 3033 2825 (c) 1542 3033 32825 (d) 1542 3033 2825
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 4817295905. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 481 729 590 (b) 841 729 5905 (c) 481 729 95905 (d) 481 729 5905
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Sing (b) Grab Wise Sing (c) Sing Wise Grab (d) Wise Sing Grab
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Red Love Frogs (b) Frogs Love Silly Red (c) Silly Love Frogs Red (d) Red Silly Love Frogs
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 760860349. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 760 863 049 (b) 776 086 0349 (c) 760 860 349 (d) 708 603 49
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, mirror, vase, banana, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MVBNS (b) NBVMS (c) MSVBN (d) SMVBN
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 198600149043. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1986 0014 943 (b) 1986 0014 99043 (c) 1986 0014 0943 (d) 1986 0014 9043
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, guava, inkpot, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NIGP (b) PGIN (c) GPIN (d) GINP
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 683734427278. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6837 3442 77278 (b) 6837 4427 278 (c) 6837 3442 7278 (d) 6833 7442 7278
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, van, umpire, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUIC (b) IUVC (c) VCUI (d) CVUI
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Green (b) Wet Green Sing (c) Wet Sing Green (d) Green Wet Sing
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, spoon, pillow, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SPFK (b) KSPF (c) SKPF (d) FPSK
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, tomato, pillow, lamp, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TPLDB (b) DLPTB (c) BTPLD (d) TBPLD

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