Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 702 · 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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 866955510. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 669 555 10 (b) 869 655 510 (c) 866 955 510 (d) 866 955 5110
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 6414963043. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 644 963 043 (b) 641 469 3043 (c) 641 496 3043 (d) 641 496 63043
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wise Grab (b) Wise Silly Grab (c) Wise Grab Silly (d) Grab Wise Silly
6. 6.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 205800732398. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2058 0032 398 (b) 2058 0037 2398 (c) 2058 0073 2398 (d) 2058 0073 32398
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, flute, glass, orange, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGOTB (b) TOGFB (c) FBGOT (d) BFGOT
9. 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, frog, lemon? (a) Love Frogs Jump (b) Frogs Jump Love (c) Frogs Love Jump (d) Jump Frogs Love
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 140068166044. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1400 6816 644 (b) 4100 6816 6044 (c) 1400 6681 66044 (d) 1400 6816 6044
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, apple, lemon, net, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AILNC (b) CNLAI (c) ALNCI (d) IALNC
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 542512610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 554 251 2610 (b) 524 512 610 (c) 425 126 10 (d) 542 512 610
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, orange, van? (a) Vines Old Jeeps (b) Old Vines Jeeps (c) Jeeps Old Vines (d) Old Jeeps Vines
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 901553807. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 901 553 087 (b) 901 553 807 (c) 015 538 07 (d) 900 155 3807
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 544068663. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 544 068 663 (b) 544 608 663 (c) 544 068 8663 (d) 544 066 63
18. 18.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 905260202. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 905 526 0202 (b) 905 206 202 (c) 905 260 202 (d) 905 202 02
20. 20.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play Aunty Eight (b) Love Eight Play Aunty (c) Eight Love Play Aunty (d) Aunty Play Love Eight
22. 22.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 391675287705. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3991 6752 87705 (b) 3916 7582 7705 (c) 3916 5287 705 (d) 3916 7528 7705
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 115854499188. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1158 5449 1988 (b) 1185 4499 188 (c) 1115 8544 99188 (d) 1158 5449 9188
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 1683919080. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 168 391 90080 (b) 168 391 900 (c) 186 391 9080 (d) 168 391 9080
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Pigs Ants (b) Ants Pigs Lazy Eat (c) Lazy Pigs Ants Eat (d) Lazy Eat Pigs Ants
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, tent, lamp, pillow, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLPAW (b) APLTW (c) WTLPA (d) TWLPA
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 482346969178. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4823 4696 917 (b) 4823 4699 69178 (c) 4823 4696 9178 (d) 8423 4696 9178
31. 31.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, spoon, glass, jeep, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJGSO (b) SOGJD (c) SGJDO (d) OSGJD
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 935812518649. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9358 1521 8649 (b) 9358 1251 8649 (c) 9355 8125 18649 (d) 9381 2518 649
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, umbrella, tomato? (a) Under Toys Ink (b) Toys Under Ink (c) Under Ink Toys (d) Ink Under Toys
37. 37.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN

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