Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 794 · 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 334548445631. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3345 4844 561 (b) 3345 4844 5631 (c) 3345 4484 5631 (d) 3345 4844 45631
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Crazy Every (b) Every Crazy Play Crazy (c) Every Crazy Crazy Play (d) Crazy Every Play Crazy
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 222926947. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 222 962 947 (b) 222 926 947 (c) 229 269 47 (d) 222 926 9477
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, sock, igloo, orange, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIOCA (b) ASIOC (c) COISA (d) SAIOC
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 121102644. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 121 102 644 (b) 121 110 2644 (c) 121 120 644 (d) 121 126 44
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 557031900. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 557 033 1900 (b) 557 031 90 (c) 557 031 900 (d) 557 013 900
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, coconut, frog? (a) Crazy Fly Wise (b) Fly Crazy Wise (c) Crazy Wise Fly (d) Wise Crazy Fly
9. 9.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 1836662040. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 366 62040 (b) 183 666 2040 (c) 183 662 040 (d) 183 666 2004
11. 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, ant, van? (a) Aunty Funny Very (b) Very Aunty Funny (c) Aunty Very Funny (d) Funny Aunty Very
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 179733094495. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1797 3309 4495 (b) 1797 3390 4495 (c) 1793 3094 495 (d) 1799 7330 94495
18. 18.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, van, shoe? (a) Vines Kites Seven (b) Vines Seven Kites (c) Kites Vines Seven (d) Seven Vines Kites
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, flute, kettle, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FJKA (b) FKAJ (c) JFKA (d) AKFJ
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Silly (b) Goats Wins Silly (c) Wins Silly Goats (d) Silly Wins Goats
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, frog, duck? (a) Goats Frogs Dogs (b) Dogs Frogs Goats (c) Frogs Dogs Goats (d) Frogs Goats Dogs
27. 27.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wins Green (b) Wins Green Sing (c) Green Wins Sing (d) Wins Sing Green
31. 31.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 985458121. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 985 485 121 (b) 985 458 121 (c) 988 545 8121 (d) 985 451 21
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 3674401456. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 367 440 14556 (b) 367 441 456 (c) 367 440 1465 (d) 367 440 1456
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, ball, ice cream? (a) Bakes Inside Green (b) Inside Bakes Green (c) Bakes Green Inside (d) Green Bakes Inside
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, anchor, nest? (a) Neat Aunty Goats (b) Aunty Goats Neat (c) Goats Aunty Neat (d) Aunty Neat Goats
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, guava, tiger, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNTS (b) STGN (c) NGTS (d) GTSN
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Love Funny Runs (b) Runs Seven Love Funny (c) Funny Love Seven Runs (d) Seven Runs Love Funny
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Fly Rani (b) Seven Rani Lazy Fly (c) Rani Seven Lazy Fly (d) Fly Lazy Seven Rani

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