Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 900 · 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: ant, net, pencil, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPNA (b) ANPW (c) NAPW (d) NPWA
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 838450707. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 838 407 07 (b) 838 540 707 (c) 838 450 707 (d) 833 845 0707
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, net, kettle? (a) Neat Kites Bunny (b) Neat Bunny Kites (c) Kites Neat Bunny (d) Bunny Neat Kites
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 2963780924. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 293 678 0924 (b) 296 380 924 (c) 296 337 80924 (d) 296 378 0924
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Goats (b) Wise Goats Sing (c) Sing Wise Goats (d) Goats Wise Sing
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lazy Play Ants (b) Lazy Every Play Ants (c) Ants Play Lazy Every (d) Lazy Play Ants Every
14. 14.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
20. 20.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 6517965011. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 651 796 5011 (b) 657 965 011 (c) 651 795 6011 (d) 651 796 50111
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, ice cream, vase? (a) Cook Ink Very (b) Ink Very Cook (c) Ink Cook Very (d) Very Ink Cook
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, apple, drum, rope, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADRWU (b) WRDAU (c) AUDRW (d) UADRW
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 623968802091. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6239 6882 0091 (b) 6239 6880 2091 (c) 6239 6802 091 (d) 6239 6880 20911
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 1274917201. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 172 491 7201 (b) 127 491 720 (c) 112 749 17201 (d) 127 491 7201
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 347591302. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 345 913 02 (b) 347 591 3002 (c) 347 591 032 (d) 347 591 302
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, kettle, bucket? (a) Kind Bakes Cook (b) Kind Cook Bakes (c) Bakes Kind Cook (d) Cook Kind Bakes
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 1610282115. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 161 028 2115 (b) 110 282 115 (c) 611 028 2115 (d) 161 028 21115
30. 30.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 9513736534. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 951 373 6534 (b) 951 373 6354 (c) 951 373 36534 (d) 951 373 654
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Seven (b) Wise Seven Green (c) Green Wise Seven (d) Seven Wise Green
33. 33.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 680723096. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 860 723 096 (b) 680 722 3096 (c) 680 723 096 (d) 680 723 09
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, drum, owl? (a) Dance Owls Green (b) Green Dance Owls (c) Dance Green Owls (d) Owls Dance Green
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, umpire, coconut, lemon, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFCLA (b) ALCUF (c) UCLAF (d) FUCLA
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme

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