Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 787 · 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 472871781813. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4727 1781 813 (b) 4728 7178 1813 (c) 4728 8717 81813 (d) 4782 7178 1813
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cats Every (b) Cats Play Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Play Cats (d) Crazy Every Play Cats
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Seven Wins Goats
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, wallet, bucket? (a) Wet Jump Bakes (b) Jump Wet Bakes (c) Wet Bakes Jump (d) Bakes Wet Jump
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 206266010376. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2062 6660 10376 (b) 2062 6610 0376 (c) 2626 6010 376 (d) 2062 6601 0376
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 8207079112. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 820 707 1912 (b) 820 707 9112 (c) 820 079 112 (d) 820 707 91112
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
13. 13.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, frog, jug? (a) Fly Nani Jeeps (b) Jeeps Fly Nani (c) Nani Fly Jeeps (d) Fly Jeeps Nani
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 870140033. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 780 140 033 (b) 801 400 33 (c) 870 114 0033 (d) 870 140 033
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, kettle, lemon? (a) Kites Only Lazy (b) Kites Lazy Only (c) Only Kites Lazy (d) Lazy Kites Only
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 158810534371. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1588 1053 43711 (b) 1588 0153 4371 (c) 1588 1053 4371 (d) 1581 0534 371
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 529776012240. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5977 6012 240 (b) 5297 7601 2240 (c) 5297 7061 2240 (d) 5297 7601 22440
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Seven (b) Wet Seven Goats (c) Goats Wet Seven (d) Seven Wet Goats
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Play Cook (b) Cats Play Cook Eat (c) Cook Play Cats Eat (d) Eat Cats Play Cook
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pigs Cook (b) Cats Pigs Cook Every (c) Cook Pigs Cats Every (d) Cats Every Pigs Cook
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 264606974912. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6460 6974 912 (b) 2646 0697 4912 (c) 2646 6069 74912 (d) 2646 0967 4912
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 203380841. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 220 338 0841 (b) 203 380 814 (c) 203 380 841 (d) 203 808 41
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 6271755346. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 627 157 5346 (b) 627 175 346 (c) 627 175 5346 (d) 627 717 55346
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 694778432. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 694 778 4322 (b) 694 778 432 (c) 647 784 32 (d) 964 778 432
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 467585054. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 466 758 5054 (b) 467 585 054 (c) 647 585 054 (d) 465 850 54
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, kite, apple, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OKAJ (b) JAKO (c) KOAJ (d) KAJO
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 3446554197. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 344 565 4197 (b) 446 554 197 (c) 344 655 41197 (d) 344 655 4197
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence

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