Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 921 · 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 327544057. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 327 544 4057 (b) 327 540 57 (c) 327 544 057 (d) 237 544 057
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 694004154. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 649 004 154 (b) 694 004 54 (c) 694 004 154 (d) 694 004 4154
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, flute, anchor, doll, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FADNS (b) NDAFS (c) FSADN (d) SFADN
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Pink Crazy (b) Cats Pink Crazy Eat (c) Eat Cats Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Cats Eat
8. 8.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 186349290182. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1863 3492 90182 (b) 1863 4290 182 (c) 1863 4929 0182 (d) 1863 4929 0812
10. 10.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, sock, onion? (a) Owls Seven Cats (b) Cats Seven Owls (c) Seven Owls Cats (d) Seven Cats Owls
12. 12.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, monkey, jeep, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MJAI (b) AJMI (c) MIJA (d) IMJA
15. 15.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 769441992801. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7694 4199 2801 (b) 7694 4919 2801 (c) 7699 4419 92801 (d) 7644 1992 801
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 9498522443. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 949 852 4243 (b) 949 852 24433 (c) 949 852 2443 (d) 948 522 443
22. 22.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
24. 24.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 177634749. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 177 763 4749 (b) 176 734 749 (c) 177 634 74 (d) 177 634 749
26. 26.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 2630286218. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 623 028 6218 (b) 263 028 618 (c) 263 028 6218 (d) 263 302 86218
29. 29.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, guava, duck, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGDJ (b) GDJF (c) JDGF (d) GFDJ
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 756625106999. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7566 2510 6999 (b) 7566 2516 0999 (c) 7566 2551 06999 (d) 7662 5106 999
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 140783283332. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1407 8283 332 (b) 1407 8382 3332 (c) 1407 8328 3332 (d) 1407 7832 83332
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN

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