Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 683 · 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.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 205071798. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 205 071 798 (b) 205 071 978 (c) 205 007 1798 (d) 200 717 98
3. 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Lions Fly (b) Sing Lions Fly Runs (c) Sing Runs Lions Fly (d) Fly Lions Sing Runs
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 4246004799. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 424 604 799 (b) 424 600 4799 (c) 426 400 4799 (d) 424 600 47999
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wise Goats (b) Wise Sing Goats (c) Wise Goats Sing (d) Goats Wise Sing
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 473354380. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 473 343 80 (b) 477 335 4380 (c) 473 354 380 (d) 437 354 380
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 718613079. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 718 613 09 (b) 718 613 079 (c) 718 613 709 (d) 711 861 3079
11. 11.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 438439459. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 438 439 459 (b) 438 349 459 (c) 438 843 9459 (d) 438 439 45
13. 13.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, glass, ant? (a) Grab Aunty Silly (b) Aunty Grab Silly (c) Grab Silly Aunty (d) Silly Grab Aunty
16. 16.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, onion, guava? (a) Only Goats Aunty (b) Only Aunty Goats (c) Goats Only Aunty (d) Aunty Only Goats
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, lemon, fan, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFOI (b) LIFO (c) OFLI (d) ILFO
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 427425797441. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4742 5797 441 (b) 4277 4257 97441 (c) 4724 2579 7441 (d) 4274 2579 7441
22. 22.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 701222370. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 702 122 370 (b) 701 222 370 (c) 701 222 3770 (d) 701 223 70
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, onion, banana, jalebi, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OBJRV (b) VOBJR (c) OVBJR (d) RJBOV
27. 27.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 914993553. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 194 993 553 (b) 914 993 553 (c) 914 999 3553 (d) 149 935 53
31. 31.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
32. 32.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Green (b) Wins Green Silly (c) Silly Wins Green (d) Green Wins Silly
34. 34.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, parrot, monkey, needle, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFMNS (b) SNMPF (c) FPMNS (d) PMNSF
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Eight (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Eight (c) Crazy Eight Pigs Cats (d) Eight Crazy Pigs Cats
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, radio, drum? (a) Rani Dance Lions (b) Lions Rani Dance (c) Rani Lions Dance (d) Dance Rani Lions
39. 39.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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