Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 723 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Seven (b) Green Wins Seven (c) Wins Seven Green (d) Seven Wins Green
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, vase, ant, frog, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVAFR (b) VAFRL (c) RFAVL (d) VLAFR
3. 3.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 983895424069. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9838 9542 4069 (b) 9838 9542 40669 (c) 9838 9544 2069 (d) 9838 9424 069
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 2292191032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 229 219 1032 (b) 229 211 91032 (c) 229 219 0132 (d) 292 191 032
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, candle, lamp, jug, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CLJOF (b) OJLCF (c) FCLJO (d) CFLJO
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 911031266. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 911 031 26 (b) 911 103 1266 (c) 911 031 266 (d) 911 013 266
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Crazy Pink (b) Crazy Pink Crazy Every (c) Crazy Every Pink Crazy (d) Every Crazy Pink Crazy
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 471868680. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 471 868 680 (b) 471 868 6680 (c) 718 686 80 (d) 471 868 860
17. 17.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wins Goats (b) Wins Sing Goats (c) Wins Goats Sing (d) Goats Wins Sing
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Grab (b) Seven Wins Grab (c) Wins Grab Seven (d) Grab Wins Seven
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pigs Ants Eat (b) Lazy Eat Pigs Ants (c) Eat Lazy Pigs Ants (d) Ants Pigs Lazy Eat
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, doll, frog? (a) Frogs Dad My (b) Dad Frogs My (c) My Dad Frogs (d) Dad My Frogs
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 9691870052. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 969 180 052 (b) 966 918 70052 (c) 699 187 0052 (d) 969 187 0052
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, inkpot, net, radio, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORNIK (b) INROK (c) IKNRO (d) KINRO
29. 29.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
30. 30.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 717972415. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 717 974 215 (b) 717 972 415 (c) 717 974 15 (d) 717 972 4115
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
34. 34.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 1997650736. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 199 675 0736 (b) 199 765 0736 (c) 199 760 736 (d) 199 976 50736
36. 36.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 282534090971. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2825 3409 0971 (b) 2282 5340 90971 (c) 2823 5409 0971 (d) 2825 3409 091
39. 39.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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