Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 705 · 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: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 104819406. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 104 819 406 (b) 048 194 06 (c) 100 481 9406 (d) 140 819 406
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Silly Green (b) Wet Green Silly (c) Silly Wet Green (d) Green Wet Silly
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 688811022264. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6881 1022 264 (b) 6881 8102 2264 (c) 6888 1102 2264 (d) 6888 8110 22264
5. 5.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, tomato, bucket? (a) Bunny Toys Nine (b) Nine Toys Bunny (c) Toys Nine Bunny (d) Toys Bunny Nine
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pigs Aunty (b) Love Pigs Aunty Every (c) Aunty Pigs Love Every (d) Every Love Pigs Aunty
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, pencil, guava? (a) Pink Grab Nani (b) Pink Nani Grab (c) Grab Pink Nani (d) Nani Pink Grab
15. 15.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 7906179525. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 790 617 99525 (b) 790 617 955 (c) 790 617 9525 (d) 796 017 9525
17. 17.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 544334407382. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5443 3440 7328 (b) 5443 3407 382 (c) 5443 3440 7382 (d) 5443 3344 07382
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 172488594. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 172 488 594 (b) 172 488 59 (c) 172 848 594 (d) 172 488 5944
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 224484305. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 224 484 3305 (b) 242 484 305 (c) 224 484 305 (d) 244 843 05
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, net, coconut, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCNM (b) NMCR (c) MNCR (d) NCRM
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Seven Red (b) Seven Red Lazy Fly (c) Red Seven Lazy Fly (d) Seven Lazy Fly Red
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 490111609055. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4011 1609 055 (b) 9401 1160 9055 (c) 4901 1160 99055 (d) 4901 1160 9055
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
27. 27.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Silly (b) Wet Silly Goats (c) Silly Wet Goats (d) Wet Goats Silly
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 791615817. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 971 615 817 (b) 791 615 8177 (c) 791 615 87 (d) 791 615 817
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lazy Funny Rani (b) Funny Lazy Silly Rani (c) Silly Rani Lazy Funny (d) Rani Silly Lazy Funny
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 834575106718. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8357 5106 718 (b) 8345 7510 7618 (c) 8345 7510 67718 (d) 8345 7510 6718
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 555797887. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 555 797 7887 (b) 557 978 87 (c) 555 797 887 (d) 555 798 787
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eat (b) Eat Cats Play Crazy (c) Crazy Play Cats Eat (d) Cats Eat Play Crazy

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