Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 846 · 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.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Goats (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Wins Seven Goats (d) Wins Goats Seven
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
6. 6.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, ladder, kite? (a) Love Inside Kind (b) Kind Love Inside (c) Love Kind Inside (d) Inside Love Kind
8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 994191373. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 994 191 73 (b) 994 119 373 (c) 994 191 373 (d) 994 119 1373
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 6560018029. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 656 000 18029 (b) 656 001 8029 (c) 656 001 802 (d) 656 010 8029
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, apple, parrot? (a) Pink Aunty Dogs (b) Dogs Aunty Pink (c) Aunty Pink Dogs (d) Aunty Dogs Pink
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 288370750397. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2883 7075 0397 (b) 2883 7075 097 (c) 2883 7075 0379 (d) 2883 7075 50397
14. 14.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
17. 17.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, fan, orange? (a) Funny Inside Old (b) Funny Old Inside (c) Inside Funny Old (d) Old Funny Inside
19. 19.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, parrot, jug, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJPD (b) DPJV (c) PJVD (d) PDJV
21. 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 166315199. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 163 151 99 (b) 166 631 5199 (c) 166 315 199 (d) 616 315 199
23. 23.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, pillow, violin, umbrella, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCVUB (b) CPVUB (c) PVUBC (d) BUVPC
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 888054176. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 888 045 176 (b) 880 541 76 (c) 888 054 176 (d) 888 805 4176
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, jeep, monkey, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMRV (b) RMJV (c) VJMR (d) JVMR
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
31. 31.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 841512036414. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8415 1220 36414 (b) 8451 2036 414 (c) 8415 1203 4614 (d) 8415 1203 6414
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, jalebi, cat? (a) Jeeps Goats Cats (b) Cats Jeeps Goats (c) Goats Jeeps Cats (d) Jeeps Cats Goats
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, needle, ladder, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNLF (b) NLFR (c) NRLF (d) FLNR
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
36. 36.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
37. 37.🧰 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) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Silly (b) Green Wins Silly (c) Silly Wins Green (d) Wins Silly Green
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 1727933312. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 712 793 3312 (b) 172 793 3312 (c) 172 793 33312 (d) 172 793 312
40. 40.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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