Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 808 · 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: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, guava, umbrella? (a) Green Uncle Crazy (b) Uncle Green Crazy (c) Crazy Green Uncle (d) Green Crazy Uncle
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nine Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Eight Nine (c) Eight Sing Wise Nine (d) Nine Eight Sing Wise
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, doll, shoe, violin, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVSDB (b) DBSVF (c) DSVFB (d) BDSVF
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 915193629. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 915 193 629 (b) 915 193 69 (c) 991 519 3629 (d) 911 593 629
12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
14. 14.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
16. 16.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, mango, doll, ice cream, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NMDIO (b) OIDMN (c) MDION (d) MNDIO
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 6629019463. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 662 990 19463 (b) 662 909 1463 (c) 662 901 463 (d) 662 901 9463
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 850888700. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 850 887 800 (b) 850 888 8700 (c) 850 888 700 (d) 808 887 00
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 918804392. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 918 804 329 (b) 918 804 3922 (c) 918 043 92 (d) 918 804 392
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, van, orange? (a) Funny Vans Only (b) Only Vans Funny (c) Vans Only Funny (d) Vans Funny Only
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, candle, goat, drum, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCGDV (b) COGDV (c) VDGCO (d) CGDVO
26. 26.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 173300467223. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1733 0046 723 (b) 1730 3046 7223 (c) 1733 0046 7223 (d) 1733 0046 72233
28. 28.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Seven Wise (b) Nine Every Seven Wise (c) Every Seven Wise Nine (d) Wise Seven Every Nine
30. 30.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 3280219219. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 328 201 9219 (b) 328 021 919 (c) 328 021 9219 (d) 328 021 92199
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, van, jalebi? (a) Very Goats Jeeps (b) Very Jeeps Goats (c) Goats Very Jeeps (d) Jeeps Very Goats
34. 34.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, anchor, vase, banana, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKVBL (b) AVBLK (c) LBVAK (d) KAVBL
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Seven (b) Seven Wet Goats (c) Wet Seven Goats (d) Wet Goats Seven
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, flute, ball, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABFJ (b) FBAJ (c) JFBA (d) FJBA
40. 40.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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