Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 673 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, wallet, violin, shoe, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFVSR (b) WVSRF (c) FWVSR (d) RSVWF
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, flute, kettle, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKRG (b) RKFG (c) FGKR (d) GFKR
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 663627401923. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6636 2740 123 (b) 6663 6274 01923 (c) 6636 2740 1293 (d) 6636 2740 1923
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, ball, mirror, pencil, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMPFO (b) BOMPF (c) OBMPF (d) FPMBO
11. 11.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, goat, jug, urn, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUJGC (b) GCJUD (c) GJUDC (d) CGJUD
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, glass, mango, pencil, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGMPN (b) NPMGJ (c) GJMPN (d) GMPNJ
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, goat, vase? (a) Goats Seven Very (b) Very Goats Seven (c) Seven Goats Very (d) Goats Very Seven
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 350764167153. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3507 4167 153 (b) 3507 6416 7153 (c) 3507 6416 71553 (d) 3507 6461 7153
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 6209462408. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 662 094 62408 (b) 620 946 2408 (c) 629 462 408 (d) 602 946 2408
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, banana, vase, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVFU (b) UBVF (c) BUVF (d) FVBU
19. 19.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, ant, key? (a) Vans All Kites (b) All Vans Kites (c) All Kites Vans (d) Kites All Vans
22. 22.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, tomato, rose, kettle, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKRTP (b) PTRKA (c) TPRKA (d) TRKAP
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Funny My All (b) All My Funny Jeeps (c) Funny My All Jeeps (d) Funny Jeeps My All
28. 28.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, pencil, tomato, cat, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTCMI (b) IPTCM (c) MCTPI (d) PITCM
30. 30.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 425478165109. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4254 7815 6109 (b) 4254 7816 51099 (c) 4254 7816 5109 (d) 2547 8165 109
32. 32.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, flute, duck, candle, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLDCG (b) FDCGL (c) LFDCG (d) GCDFL
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, bucket, jeep, guava, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBJGM (b) BJGMC (c) MGJBC (d) BCJGM
36. 36.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 251638176. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 251 681 76 (b) 251 638 1776 (c) 251 368 176 (d) 251 638 176
39. 39.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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