Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 796 · 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 256286125. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 256 286 1225 (b) 256 281 25 (c) 265 286 125 (d) 256 286 125
2. 2.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, lamp, radio, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRJN (b) NLRJ (c) LNRJ (d) JRLN
5. 5.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 467901990. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 467 091 990 (b) 467 790 1990 (c) 467 901 990 (d) 479 019 90
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 9525407695. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 952 540 07695 (b) 952 540 695 (c) 925 540 7695 (d) 952 540 7695
8. 8.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 207221666. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 207 221 6666 (b) 272 216 66 (c) 207 221 666 (d) 207 212 666
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, lemon, monkey? (a) Lazy Mum Neat (b) Neat Lazy Mum (c) Lazy Neat Mum (d) Mum Lazy Neat
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
16. 16.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, fan, needle? (a) Dogs Funny Neat (b) Neat Funny Dogs (c) Funny Neat Dogs (d) Funny Dogs Neat
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 1015230149. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 101 523 149 (b) 101 523 0419 (c) 101 523 0149 (d) 101 552 30149
19. 19.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Seven (b) Wise Seven Goats (c) Goats Wise Seven (d) Seven Wise Goats
21. 21.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, rose, monkey? (a) Rani Silly Mice (b) Mice Rani Silly (c) Silly Rani Mice (d) Rani Mice Silly
23. 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 4807259511. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 480 752 9511 (b) 480 759 511 (c) 480 725 59511 (d) 480 725 9511
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, ball, spoon, anchor, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KASBL (b) BSAKL (c) LBSAK (d) BLSAK
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, cat, vase, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVID (b) DCVI (c) IVCD (d) CDVI
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Silly Wins (b) Eight Silly Wins Nani (c) Nani Eight Silly Wins (d) Wins Silly Eight Nani
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
30. 30.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 866755721. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 866 675 5721 (b) 866 755 721 (c) 866 557 21 (d) 866 755 271
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 9870898292. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 987 089 8292 (b) 987 089 88292 (c) 870 898 292 (d) 987 089 8229
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, jug, ice cream, rose, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRIJW (b) WJIRG (c) JWIRG (d) JIRGW
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Play All Every (b) Every Lions Play All (c) All Play Lions Every (d) Lions Every Play All
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
39. 39.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
40. 40.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym word

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