Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 865 · 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 5061891525. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 506 618 91525 (b) 506 189 1525 (c) 506 819 1525 (d) 061 891 525
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 252461144141. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2524 6111 44141 (b) 2524 6144 141 (c) 2524 6114 4141 (d) 5224 6114 4141
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, ice cream, lemon, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AILV (b) IALV (c) ILVA (d) VLIA
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 652288759. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 652 288 579 (b) 652 288 8759 (c) 652 887 59 (d) 652 288 759
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 921692981023. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9216 6929 81023 (b) 9269 2981 023 (c) 9216 9298 1023 (d) 9216 9298 1032
8. 8.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 866027628186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8666 0276 28186 (b) 8606 2762 8186 (c) 8660 2762 8186 (d) 8660 2728 186
13. 13.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🔤 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
17. 17.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
20. 20.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Grab Seven (b) Grab Wins Seven (c) Wins Seven Grab (d) Seven Wins Grab
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, pencil, jug, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PJSG (b) SJPG (c) GPJS (d) PGJS
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Sing Red (b) Red Sing Lions Fly (c) Sing Red Lions Fly (d) Sing Lions Fly Red
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 974224935. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 974 229 35 (b) 974 222 4935 (c) 972 424 935 (d) 974 224 935
26. 26.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, rope, ladder, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RLVB (b) VLRB (c) RBLV (d) BRLV
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, guava, fan, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFUT (b) GTFU (c) UFGT (d) TGFU
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, goat, sock? (a) Sing Green Rani (b) Green Sing Rani (c) Green Rani Sing (d) Rani Green Sing
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, sock, urn, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KUSC (b) SCUK (c) CSUK (d) SUKC
34. 34.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
38. 38.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 974123795. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 974 237 95 (b) 974 132 795 (c) 997 412 3795 (d) 974 123 795
40. 40.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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