Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 696 · 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: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
6. 6.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 348359793622. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3483 5979 6322 (b) 3483 5979 36222 (c) 3483 5979 3622 (d) 3483 5979 362
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Cats Eat (b) Cats Play Cook Eat (c) Eat Cats Play Cook (d) Cats Eat Play Cook
11. 11.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, coconut, ladder, ice cream, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCLIN (b) NILCT (c) CLINT (d) CTLIN
13. 13.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 3070863078. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 307 086 3078 (b) 307 863 078 (c) 307 086 33078 (d) 037 086 3078
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
18. 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 316517163180. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3165 1176 3180 (b) 3165 1763 180 (c) 3165 1716 3180 (d) 3116 5171 63180
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, goat, ice cream, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIND (b) NIGD (c) GDIN (d) DGIN
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pink Crazy (b) Crazy Pink Cats Every (c) Every Cats Pink Crazy (d) Cats Pink Crazy Every
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 472722565. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 742 722 565 (b) 472 722 2565 (c) 472 722 565 (d) 477 225 65
24. 24.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 2453121827. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 245 312 1827 (b) 245 312 18277 (c) 453 121 827 (d) 245 312 1872
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 6273659485. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 627 365 9485 (b) 672 365 9485 (c) 622 736 59485 (d) 627 659 485
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 8089552770. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 808 955 2707 (b) 808 955 770 (c) 808 955 52770 (d) 808 955 2770
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Funny Mice Ants (b) Funny Jeeps Mice Ants (c) Funny Mice Ants Jeeps (d) Ants Mice Funny Jeeps
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 952960212975. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9552 9602 12975 (b) 9529 6022 975 (c) 5929 6021 2975 (d) 9529 6021 2975
32. 32.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump My Aunty (b) Aunty My Funny Jump (c) Funny My Aunty Jump (d) Jump Funny My Aunty
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wins Nine (b) Eight Nine Seven Wins (c) Nine Eight Seven Wins (d) Wins Seven Eight Nine
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 610887279. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 610 887 279 (b) 618 872 79 (c) 611 088 7279 (d) 160 887 279
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 107991800. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 107 991 8000 (b) 107 918 00 (c) 107 991 800 (d) 107 991 080
40. 40.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick

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