Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 883 · 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: drum, jeep, igloo, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OIJD (b) DJIO (c) JIOD (d) JDIO
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 429155106213. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4291 5510 2613 (b) 4291 5510 621 (c) 4291 5551 06213 (d) 4291 5510 6213
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 319485116172. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3194 8511 6172 (b) 3198 4511 6172 (c) 3194 5116 172 (d) 3194 8511 16172
6. 6.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, vase, parrot? (a) Vines Play Runs (b) Runs Vines Play (c) Play Vines Runs (d) Vines Runs Play
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 4846895300. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 484 689 55300 (b) 484 689 5300 (c) 448 689 5300 (d) 484 689 530
14. 14.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 473888084. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 473 888 084 (b) 473 388 8084 (c) 743 888 084 (d) 473 888 04
17. 17.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Eight Neat (b) Neat Eight Seven Wise (c) Eight Seven Wise Neat (d) Eight Neat Seven Wise
19. 19.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, lamp, ice cream, tomato, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTILO (b) LITCO (c) LOITC (d) OLITC
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, bucket, apple, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BIAJ (b) JABI (c) BAJI (d) IBAJ
22. 22.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 371267294. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 371 267 249 (b) 371 267 294 (c) 371 267 24 (d) 337 126 7294
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 519839606. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 519 839 066 (b) 519 839 606 (c) 519 983 9606 (d) 519 896 06
26. 26.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Wise Seven Grab (c) Grab Wise Seven (d) Seven Wise Grab
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lions Every (b) Lions Play Aunty Every (c) Every Lions Play Aunty (d) Lions Every Play Aunty
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, needle, rose? (a) Neat Mum Runs (b) Neat Runs Mum (c) Mum Neat Runs (d) Runs Neat Mum
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
31. 31.🔤 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
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, ice cream, van, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TIVK (b) IVKT (c) ITVK (d) KVIT
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Cats Pink (b) Cats Eight Pink Cats (c) Eight Cats Pink Cats (d) Cats Pink Cats Eight
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 980227243984. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9802 2243 984 (b) 9802 2724 39884 (c) 9802 2724 3984 (d) 9802 2724 3948
35. 35.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 730471150726. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7304 7115 07266 (b) 7340 7115 0726 (c) 7304 7115 0726 (d) 7304 7115 072
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 8644140708. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 864 441 40708 (b) 864 414 0708 (c) 864 414 708 (d) 864 414 0078
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Crazy Eight (b) Crazy Eight Pink Cook (c) Crazy Pink Cook Eight (d) Eight Crazy Pink Cook
39. 39.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 1165573149. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 116 553 149 (b) 116 557 1349 (c) 116 557 3149 (d) 116 557 31149

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