Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 944 · 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 8398290878. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 839 890 878 (b) 839 829 0878 (c) 839 289 0878 (d) 839 982 90878
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, spoon, wallet? (a) Sing Wet Aunty (b) Wet Sing Aunty (c) Aunty Sing Wet (d) Sing Aunty Wet
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, ice cream, sock? (a) Ink Silly Vans (b) Silly Ink Vans (c) Ink Vans Silly (d) Vans Ink Silly
4. 4.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 534237004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 534 327 004 (b) 534 223 7004 (c) 532 370 04 (d) 534 237 004
6. 6.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, kite, candle? (a) Only Kind Cats (b) Kind Only Cats (c) Kind Cats Only (d) Cats Kind Only
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pigs Ants Eat (b) Ants Pigs Love Eat (c) Love Eat Pigs Ants (d) Eat Love Pigs Ants
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 562816191509. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5268 1619 1509 (b) 5628 1619 1509 (c) 5281 6191 509 (d) 5628 1661 91509
13. 13.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 330601860406. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3306 0860 406 (b) 3306 0186 04066 (c) 3306 0186 0406 (d) 3360 0186 0406
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, violin, watch? (a) Under Vans Wins (b) Vans Wins Under (c) Wins Vans Under (d) Vans Under Wins
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs My Ants (b) Frogs Jolly My Ants (c) Frogs My Ants Jolly (d) Ants My Frogs Jolly
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, inkpot, tent? (a) Tiny Inside Jolly (b) Jolly Inside Tiny (c) Inside Tiny Jolly (d) Inside Jolly Tiny
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, watch, flute, duck, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDFWU (b) WFDTU (c) WUFDT (d) UWFDT
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
25. 25.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 1053987162. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 105 398 7162 (b) 105 398 7126 (c) 105 399 87162 (d) 105 398 716
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Pigs Cook (b) Cook Pigs Crazy Every (c) Crazy Every Pigs Cook (d) Crazy Pigs Cook Every
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, needle, rope? (a) Nani Jolly Runs (b) Nani Runs Jolly (c) Jolly Nani Runs (d) Runs Nani Jolly
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 2892588503. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 298 258 8503 (b) 289 258 8503 (c) 289 225 88503 (d) 289 258 850
34. 34.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 743448328. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 743 443 828 (b) 743 448 32 (c) 743 448 328 (d) 743 448 3288
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, nest, umbrella, goat, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVUGF (b) FGUNV (c) NUGFV (d) VNUGF
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, kite, whistle, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFWR (b) FKWR (c) RWKF (d) KWRF
38. 38.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, coconut, flute, vase, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UVFCL (b) LCFVU (c) CFVUL (d) CLFVU
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE

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