Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 795 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Eight Neat (b) Eight Silly Wise Neat (c) Neat Eight Silly Wise (d) Eight Neat Silly Wise
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 281795588367. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2879 5588 367 (b) 2817 9558 8376 (c) 2817 9558 83667 (d) 2817 9558 8367
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Love Frogs Rani (b) Rani Seven Love Frogs (c) Seven Rani Love Frogs (d) Frogs Love Seven Rani
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 232566721. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 232 566 271 (b) 232 566 721 (c) 232 567 21 (d) 232 256 6721
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 3777922301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 377 792 201 (b) 377 792 3201 (c) 377 792 2301 (d) 377 792 22301
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, fan, rose, onion, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FROST (b) FTROS (c) TFROS (d) SORFT
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
15. 15.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Green (b) Wise Seven Green (c) Green Wise Seven (d) Wise Green Seven
17. 17.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 7255791964. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 725 579 11964 (b) 725 579 194 (c) 725 579 1964 (d) 275 579 1964
19. 19.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
21. 21.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, orange, ladder? (a) Only Lions Green (b) Lions Only Green (c) Green Only Lions (d) Only Green Lions
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, lemon, goat? (a) Lions Pink Green (b) Pink Lions Green (c) Green Lions Pink (d) Lions Green Pink
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 500892606431. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5008 9260 4631 (b) 5008 9260 643 (c) 5008 9260 6431 (d) 5000 8926 06431
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 945803628152. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9458 0326 8152 (b) 4580 3628 152 (c) 9458 0362 8152 (d) 9458 0036 28152
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
28. 28.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My Ants Jolly (b) Fly Jolly My Ants (c) Ants My Fly Jolly (d) Jolly Fly My Ants
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 489831796347. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4898 3179 63477 (b) 4898 3179 6347 (c) 4898 3179 347 (d) 4893 8179 6347
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
34. 34.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Fly Rani (b) Fly Love Silly Rani (c) Silly Rani Love Fly (d) Rani Silly Love Fly
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1478222020. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 147 822 020 (b) 147 822 2020 (c) 147 882 22020 (d) 174 822 2020
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, owl, radio, anchor, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SAROM (b) ORASM (c) OMRAS (d) MORAS
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 6457666376. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 645 766 6376 (b) 645 766 66376 (c) 645 676 6376 (d) 457 666 376
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, ant, rope? (a) Aunty Rani Old (b) Rani Aunty Old (c) Old Aunty Rani (d) Aunty Old Rani
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 3486858629. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 348 685 8629 (b) 348 868 58629 (c) 486 858 629 (d) 348 685 6829

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