Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 692 · 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) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 190001467. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 190 001 67 (b) 190 001 467 (c) 190 010 467 (d) 190 001 4467
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Lions Eat (c) Eat Lions Pink Aunty (d) Lions Pink Aunty Eat
4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, bucket, doll, pencil, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFDPL (b) BDPLF (c) LPDBF (d) FBDPL
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Seven Wins Neat (b) Neat Eat Seven Wins (c) Eat Neat Seven Wins (d) Wins Seven Eat Neat
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
10. 10.🧰 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
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Play Cats (b) Cats Play Cats Every (c) Every Cats Play Cats (d) Every Cats Cats Play
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Goats (b) Wet Sing Goats (c) Wet Goats Sing (d) Goats Wet Sing
15. 15.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 770484023. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 770 484 023 (b) 704 840 23 (c) 770 484 0233 (d) 770 480 423
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 5284120277. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 528 441 20277 (b) 528 410 277 (c) 528 412 0277 (d) 582 412 0277
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, doll, orange? (a) Old Dad Toys (b) Dad Toys Old (c) Toys Dad Old (d) Dad Old Toys
23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 263565776502. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2635 6577 76502 (b) 2636 5577 6502 (c) 2635 6577 6502 (d) 2635 6577 652
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 412125340. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 412 153 40 (b) 412 123 540 (c) 412 125 340 (d) 412 125 3400
26. 26.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Seven (b) Seven Wise Grab (c) Wise Seven Grab (d) Wise Grab Seven
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Cats Pink (b) Cats Eight Pink Cats (c) Eight Cats Pink Cats (d) Cats Pink Cats Eight
31. 31.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 2710221301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 271 022 1301 (b) 271 022 1031 (c) 271 021 301 (d) 277 102 21301
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 941597015. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 941 590 15 (b) 941 597 015 (c) 994 159 7015 (d) 914 597 015
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, rope, watch? (a) Rani Aunty Wise (b) Wise Rani Aunty (c) Aunty Rani Wise (d) Rani Wise Aunty
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, parrot, jeep? (a) Fly Pigs Jump (b) Jump Pigs Fly (c) Pigs Jump Fly (d) Pigs Fly Jump
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, parrot, apple, duck, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PSADW (b) PADWS (c) SPADW (d) WDAPS
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 8556542903. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 855 654 2903 (b) 855 565 42903 (c) 855 652 903 (d) 856 554 2903
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 376486062719. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3764 6062 719 (b) 3674 8606 2719 (c) 3766 4860 62719 (d) 3764 8606 2719

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