Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 901 · 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: van, candle, anchor, duck, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVADW (b) CADWV (c) VCADW (d) WDACV
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 466422638. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 466 426 38 (b) 466 642 2638 (c) 466 422 683 (d) 466 422 638
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 553866899. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 538 668 99 (b) 553 866 6899 (c) 553 868 699 (d) 553 866 899
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 162558059363. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1625 5805 3963 (b) 1625 5805 363 (c) 1162 5580 59363 (d) 1625 5805 9363
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
9. 9.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 452838332. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 425 838 332 (b) 452 838 3332 (c) 452 838 32 (d) 452 838 332
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, pencil, guava? (a) Grab Pigs Wins (b) Wins Pigs Grab (c) Pigs Grab Wins (d) Pigs Wins Grab
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 614038125. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 614 038 125 (b) 614 081 25 (c) 614 038 152 (d) 614 003 8125
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 586633129. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 586 633 12 (b) 586 633 129 (c) 588 663 3129 (d) 568 633 129
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, doll, needle? (a) Nani Dad Seven (b) Dad Seven Nani (c) Seven Dad Nani (d) Dad Nani Seven
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, jeep, tomato, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATJL (b) JTAL (c) JLTA (d) LJTA
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, rope, anchor? (a) Tiny Runs Aunty (b) Runs Aunty Tiny (c) Runs Tiny Aunty (d) Aunty Runs Tiny
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, van, mirror? (a) Mice Very Wise (b) Very Wise Mice (c) Wise Very Mice (d) Very Mice Wise
29. 29.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, duck, watch, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DIWR (b) DWRI (c) RWDI (d) IDWR
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, glass, jug? (a) Dad Grab Jump (b) Grab Jump Dad (c) Jump Grab Dad (d) Grab Dad Jump
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Goats (b) Wise Goats Silly (c) Goats Wise Silly (d) Silly Wise Goats
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Lions Fly (b) Seven Lions Fly Red (c) Fly Lions Seven Red (d) Red Seven Lions Fly
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, banana, key, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WKBC (b) BCKW (c) CBKW (d) BKWC

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