Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 747 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, banana, lemon, watch, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWLBA (b) ABLWC (c) BALWC (d) BLWCA
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 217298815123. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2172 9881 5132 (b) 2177 2988 15123 (c) 2172 9881 5123 (d) 1729 8815 123
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 795801174. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 795 801 1774 (b) 795 801 174 (c) 975 801 174 (d) 758 011 74
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 233975212. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 233 752 12 (b) 233 975 212 (c) 233 975 2122 (d) 233 957 212
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 6512219100. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 651 229 1100 (b) 651 221 9100 (c) 651 221 910 (d) 651 222 19100
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 121487944495. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1214 8794 4945 (b) 1214 8944 495 (c) 1121 4879 44495 (d) 1214 8794 4495
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
16. 16.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 229517637. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 229 571 637 (b) 229 517 6377 (c) 229 516 37 (d) 229 517 637
19. 19.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, drum, onion, ladder, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOLRU (b) RLODU (c) DUOLR (d) UDOLR
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Silly (b) Wise Goats Silly (c) Silly Wise Goats (d) Wise Silly Goats
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, orange, tiger, lemon, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OTLSB (b) OBTLS (c) BOTLS (d) SLTOB
25. 25.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, coconut, mirror, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCMT (b) CLMT (c) CMTL (d) TMCL
27. 27.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
29. 29.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, nest, banana, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNBP (b) NBPL (c) NLBP (d) PBNL
31. 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, wallet, fan, glass, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGFWT (b) WTFGO (c) TWFGO (d) WFGOT
33. 33.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 483796231. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 483 792 631 (b) 483 379 6231 (c) 437 962 31 (d) 483 796 231
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Grab (b) Wet Grab Seven (c) Seven Wet Grab (d) Grab Wet Seven
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 426936718248. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4269 3671 18248 (b) 4269 3671 8248 (c) 4269 3671 828 (d) 4269 3671 8284
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, kite, pillow? (a) Kind Vines Play (b) Kind Play Vines (c) Play Kind Vines (d) Vines Kind Play
38. 38.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, net, tent? (a) Nine Mum Tea (b) Mum Nine Tea (c) Tea Nine Mum (d) Nine Tea Mum
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Sing (b) Wet Sing Grab (c) Grab Wet Sing (d) Sing Wet Grab

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