Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 928 · 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 7924085026. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 792 408 5206 (b) 792 408 5026 (c) 792 408 526 (d) 792 240 85026
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, watch, jeep, lamp, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWJLM (b) WJLMF (c) WFJLM (d) MLJWF
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.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, drum, frog, guava, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFGLM (b) MDFGL (c) DMFGL (d) LGFDM
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Frogs Jolly (b) Frogs My All Jolly (c) Frogs Jolly My All (d) Jolly Frogs My All
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 223205579. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 223 205 79 (b) 223 205 579 (c) 232 205 579 (d) 223 205 5579
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Love Funny (b) Rani Seven Love Funny (c) Funny Love Seven Rani (d) Seven Love Funny Rani
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, kite, fan? (a) Fly Kids Only (b) Kids Fly Only (c) Kids Only Fly (d) Only Kids Fly
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 711273050. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 711 237 050 (b) 711 273 050 (c) 711 127 3050 (d) 712 730 50
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 624056210900. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6245 6210 900 (b) 6204 5621 0900 (c) 6240 5621 0900 (d) 6240 5621 10900
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
16. 16.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 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) an acronym (d) chunking
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 756222510030. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7562 2521 0030 (b) 7562 2510 030 (c) 7566 2225 10030 (d) 7562 2251 0030
20. 20.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 925965101. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 925 956 101 (b) 925 965 101 (c) 929 651 01 (d) 992 596 5101
25. 25.🔤 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
26. 26.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, apple, tent, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BATF (b) ATFB (c) FTAB (d) ABTF
28. 28.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
30. 30.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, ice cream, shoe, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSIA (b) IASC (c) ISCA (d) AISC
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 343760518831. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3347 6051 8831 (b) 3437 6051 88311 (c) 3437 6051 8831 (d) 3437 0518 831
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Pigs Ants (b) Lions Pigs Ants Every (c) Ants Pigs Lions Every (d) Lions Every Pigs Ants
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Goats (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Wins Seven Goats
39. 39.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking

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