Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 877 · 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: jug, drum, needle, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DNAJ (b) DJNA (c) ANDJ (d) JDNA
2. 2.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 225239170. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 222 391 70 (b) 225 239 1700 (c) 225 329 170 (d) 225 239 170
4. 4.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 352855993. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 328 559 93 (b) 352 855 993 (c) 358 255 993 (d) 352 855 9993
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 254360858108. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2534 6085 8108 (b) 2543 6085 8108 (c) 2554 3608 58108 (d) 2543 6085 108
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, bucket, rope? (a) Bunny Wet Red (b) Red Bunny Wet (c) Bunny Red Wet (d) Wet Bunny Red
9. 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 8619751963. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 861 975 1936 (b) 861 197 51963 (c) 861 975 1963 (d) 619 751 963
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 281732668762. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2817 3266 87622 (b) 8173 2668 762 (c) 2817 3266 8726 (d) 2817 3266 8762
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
15. 15.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Crazy Eat (b) Crazy Pink Cook Eat (c) Cook Eat Pink Crazy (d) Eat Cook Pink Crazy
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
20. 20.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
22. 22.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
23. 23.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 1124868003. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 112 486 0803 (b) 112 486 8003 (c) 124 868 003 (d) 111 248 68003
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 854550618425. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8554 5061 8425 (b) 8545 5061 8425 (c) 8545 5061 88425 (d) 8545 5068 425
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 1124415661. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 112 441 56661 (b) 112 415 661 (c) 112 441 5661 (d) 114 241 5661
28. 28.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Sing Every Neat (b) Every Neat Sing Wins (c) Neat Every Sing Wins (d) Every Sing Wins Neat
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Pigs All (b) Love Pigs All Eat (c) Eat Love Pigs All (d) All Pigs Love Eat
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, lemon, apple, key, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDAKU (b) LAKUD (c) DLAKU (d) UKALD
34. 34.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, lemon, net, orange, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNOBM (b) BONLM (c) MLNOB (d) LMNOB
37. 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 603395025545. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6033 9502 5455 (b) 6339 5025 545 (c) 6033 9950 25545 (d) 6033 9502 5545
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, pillow, tomato, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTKA (b) APTK (c) KTPA (d) PATK

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