Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 69 · 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 208312074322. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2083 1220 74322 (b) 2031 2074 322 (c) 2083 1207 4322 (d) 2083 1204 7322
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 306198864. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 306 199 8864 (b) 036 198 864 (c) 306 198 864 (d) 306 988 64
5. 5.🧰 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 rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 940014472407. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9401 4472 407 (b) 9400 1474 2407 (c) 9400 1447 2407 (d) 9400 0144 72407
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
8. 8.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 704091623801. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7040 9162 8301 (b) 0409 1623 801 (c) 7040 9162 3801 (d) 7040 9116 23801
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 731761532. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 731 765 132 (b) 731 761 32 (c) 731 761 532 (d) 731 766 1532
14. 14.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 420092478015. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4200 9247 8015 (b) 4200 9224 78015 (c) 4200 9247 015 (d) 4209 0247 8015
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Crazy Play (d) Crazy Every Play Crazy
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
19. 19.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
22. 22.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, lamp, rose? (a) Runs Lazy Silly (b) Silly Lazy Runs (c) Lazy Silly Runs (d) Lazy Runs Silly
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, banana, ladder? (a) Bakes Uncle Lions (b) Uncle Bakes Lions (c) Bakes Lions Uncle (d) Lions Bakes Uncle
27. 27.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, doll, sock? (a) Dogs Vans Sing (b) Dogs Sing Vans (c) Sing Dogs Vans (d) Vans Dogs Sing
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 635000065. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 635 000 065 (b) 365 000 065 (c) 633 500 0065 (d) 635 000 65
32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, net, owl, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SONU (b) UNOS (c) NOSU (d) NUOS
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, anchor, wallet, umpire, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUWAR (b) ARWUT (c) AWUTR (d) RAWUT
35. 35.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 695318221. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 695 318 221 (b) 695 318 2211 (c) 695 312 21 (d) 695 318 212
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 744326203. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 744 326 023 (b) 744 326 2003 (c) 743 262 03 (d) 744 326 203
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, net, apple, lamp, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VNALG (b) GLANV (c) NALGV (d) NVALG
40. 40.✏️ 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) Wins Seven Green (d) Green Wins Seven

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