Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 744 · 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 acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, parrot, wallet, fan, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPWFR (b) RFWPV (c) PVWFR (d) PWFRV
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, tomato, duck, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITDM (b) MDTI (c) TDMI (d) TIDM
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 2214434963. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 221 443 493 (b) 221 443 34963 (c) 221 443 4963 (d) 221 444 3963
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 558060651. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 558 060 651 (b) 550 860 651 (c) 558 060 0651 (d) 580 606 51
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, lemon, violin? (a) Love My Vans (b) Love Vans My (c) Vans Love My (d) My Love Vans
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 7485401152. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 748 540 11522 (b) 748 401 152 (c) 748 541 0152 (d) 748 540 1152
14. 14.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 5589728079. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 558 972 80779 (b) 558 927 8079 (c) 589 728 079 (d) 558 972 8079
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 4072458922. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 402 458 922 (b) 407 425 8922 (c) 407 245 8922 (d) 440 724 58922
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, rope, onion? (a) Owls Red Crazy (b) Red Crazy Owls (c) Red Owls Crazy (d) Crazy Red Owls
21. 21.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 844922526197. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8449 2252 6197 (b) 8449 2225 26197 (c) 8442 9252 6197 (d) 8442 2526 197
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, needle, jalebi? (a) Jeeps Nani Mice (b) Nani Mice Jeeps (c) Mice Nani Jeeps (d) Nani Jeeps Mice
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, apple, jalebi? (a) Jeeps Aunty Dad (b) Aunty Jeeps Dad (c) Aunty Dad Jeeps (d) Dad Aunty Jeeps
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, ice cream, apple, nest, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IFANV (b) IANVF (c) VNAIF (d) FIANV
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Green (b) Wise Green Silly (c) Silly Wise Green (d) Green Wise Silly
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, spoon, whistle? (a) Seven Runs Wise (b) Wise Seven Runs (c) Runs Seven Wise (d) Seven Wise Runs
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, lemon, guava? (a) Lazy Fly Green (b) Fly Lazy Green (c) Green Lazy Fly (d) Lazy Green Fly
34. 34.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔤 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
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, igloo, van? (a) Ice Vines Green (b) Vines Ice Green (c) Green Ice Vines (d) Ice Green Vines
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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