Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 781 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 821108857. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 821 088 57 (b) 821 108 857 (c) 821 108 587 (d) 821 100 8857
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
3. 3.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 829946212. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 299 462 12 (b) 829 944 6212 (c) 289 946 212 (d) 829 946 212
6. 6.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) chunking
9. 9.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
11. 11.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
13. 13.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 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) chunking (d) an acronym word
15. 15.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 160447531. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 160 447 531 (b) 160 447 513 (c) 160 447 5531 (d) 160 447 31
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, jeep, spoon, kite, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSKWB (b) WKSJB (c) JBSKW (d) BJSKW
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs Mum All (b) All Mum Frogs Jolly (c) Frogs Mum All Jolly (d) Frogs Jolly Mum All
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 4780738478. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 478 073 878 (b) 478 037 8478 (c) 478 073 8478 (d) 478 073 84478
25. 25.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, violin, ant, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVAC (b) VACG (c) CAVG (d) VGAC
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 602606132. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 602 260 6132 (b) 602 606 32 (c) 602 606 312 (d) 602 606 132
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, coconut, van, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFVD (b) DVCF (c) FCVD (d) CVDF
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Play Cook (b) Every Cook Play Cook (c) Cook Play Cook Every (d) Every Cook Cook Play
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 2018642360. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 201 684 2360 (b) 201 864 2360 (c) 201 864 260 (d) 220 186 42360
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, spoon, inkpot? (a) Ice Seven Dad (b) Seven Ice Dad (c) Seven Dad Ice (d) Dad Seven Ice
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 281671861964. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2816 7186 1694 (b) 2816 7161 964 (c) 2816 7186 19964 (d) 2816 7186 1964
36. 36.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Pigs Cook (b) Cook Pigs Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Pigs Cook (d) Crazy Pigs Cook Every
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 969277666. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 969 277 666 (b) 699 277 666 (c) 969 276 66 (d) 996 927 7666
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 388307629. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 388 307 629 (b) 383 076 29 (c) 388 307 6299 (d) 383 807 629
40. 40.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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