Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 799 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, anchor, cat, ladder, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACLRM (b) AMCLR (c) RLCAM (d) MACLR
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
3. 3.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
4. 4.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 286048300. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 286 048 300 (b) 280 483 00 (c) 286 043 800 (d) 286 048 3000
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
9. 9.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
11. 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, banana, frog, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BUFJ (b) JFBU (c) UBFJ (d) BFJU
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, sock, watch? (a) Seven Wet Mice (b) Seven Mice Wet (c) Mice Seven Wet (d) Wet Seven Mice
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, fan, lemon, urn, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFLUC (b) FWLUC (c) CULFW (d) FLUCW
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, drum, cat? (a) Dad Crazy Jolly (b) Crazy Dad Jolly (c) Jolly Dad Crazy (d) Dad Jolly Crazy
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, doll, vase, lamp, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDVLF (b) FLVDP (c) DVLFP (d) DPVLF
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 8823864675. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 882 386 4675 (b) 888 238 64675 (c) 882 384 675 (d) 883 286 4675
18. 18.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants My Fly Jump (b) Jump Fly My Ants (c) Fly Jump My Ants (d) Fly My Ants Jump
20. 20.🔤 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
21. 21.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, lamp, tomato, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTLK (b) LKTB (c) LTBK (d) KLTB
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
26. 26.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Every Neat (b) Every Neat Silly Wise (c) Neat Every Silly Wise (d) Every Silly Wise Neat
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 349744281. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 347 944 281 (b) 349 442 81 (c) 349 744 281 (d) 334 974 4281
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2520935973. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 252 093 5973 (b) 252 093 5937 (c) 252 093 597 (d) 252 093 55973
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 567010166826. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5670 1016 6826 (b) 5670 1016 6286 (c) 5670 1166 826 (d) 5670 1101 66826
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 661061849726. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6610 6184 7926 (b) 6610 6184 9726 (c) 6610 6184 976 (d) 6610 6184 97726
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, lemon, violin? (a) All Lazy Vans (b) Lazy All Vans (c) Vans Lazy All (d) Lazy Vans All
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 946200241. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 964 200 241 (b) 946 200 0241 (c) 946 200 241 (d) 946 002 41
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) APISA
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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