Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 879 · 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 4882611286. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 488 261 1286 (b) 488 261 186 (c) 488 261 11286 (d) 482 861 1286
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, pencil, owl, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TPOL (b) PTOL (c) POLT (d) LOPT
3. 3.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, goat, drum? (a) Pink Grab Dogs (b) Grab Pink Dogs (c) Grab Dogs Pink (d) Dogs Grab Pink
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 6691457562. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 669 144 57562 (b) 669 145 7562 (c) 669 415 7562 (d) 669 145 752
8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, orange, tomato? (a) Owls Tea Love (b) Tea Owls Love (c) Love Owls Tea (d) Owls Love Tea
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, drum, shoe, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSJG (b) GDSJ (c) JSDG (d) DGSJ
14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, kite, glass, umpire, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGUAC (b) CKGUA (c) KCGUA (d) AUGKC
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, radio, monkey? (a) Mice Red Pigs (b) Red Mice Pigs (c) Pigs Red Mice (d) Red Pigs Mice
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Pigs Cook (b) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Eat Pigs Cook (d) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wet Silly (b) Silly Wet Grab (c) Wet Grab Silly (d) Wet Silly Grab
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, umbrella, igloo? (a) Uncle Dad Inside (b) Inside Uncle Dad (c) Dad Uncle Inside (d) Uncle Inside Dad
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 540377165. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 540 377 165 (b) 540 771 65 (c) 540 377 1655 (d) 540 371 765
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Sing Every Neat (b) Every Neat Sing Wet (c) Every Sing Wet Neat (d) Neat Every Sing Wet
26. 26.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 123962504010. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1239 6250 4010 (b) 1123 9625 04010 (c) 1236 9250 4010 (d) 1239 6504 010
31. 31.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 495201720942. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4952 0172 0942 (b) 4952 0720 942 (c) 4952 2017 20942 (d) 4952 0127 0942
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, cat, umbrella, kettle, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CRUKB (b) BKUCR (c) RCUKB (d) CUKBR
37. 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, ice cream, orange, wallet, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGOWN (b) GIOWN (c) NWOIG (d) IOWNG
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
40. 40.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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