Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 970 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 904218119. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 904 218 1199 (b) 904 218 119 (c) 904 218 11 (d) 904 211 819
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 430432432. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 430 432 432 (b) 430 434 232 (c) 430 432 4432 (d) 430 434 32
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Seven Runs (b) Seven Lions Fly Runs (c) Seven Runs Lions Fly (d) Runs Seven Lions Fly
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Sing Wins (b) Nani Eat Sing Wins (c) Wins Sing Eat Nani (d) Eat Sing Wins Nani
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 471658721. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 471 658 7221 (b) 471 658 721 (c) 471 657 821 (d) 476 587 21
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Seven (b) Wise Goats Seven (c) Wise Seven Goats (d) Seven Wise Goats
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pigs Cook (b) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat (d) Eat Crazy Pigs Cook
11. 11.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 606797355971. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6067 9755 971 (b) 6067 9735 5971 (c) 6067 9733 55971 (d) 6067 9735 9571
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, watch, orange? (a) Only Wins Neat (b) Wins Neat Only (c) Neat Wins Only (d) Wins Only Neat
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
19. 19.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 8449063217. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 844 906 3271 (b) 844 906 3217 (c) 844 906 327 (d) 844 906 63217
23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, lamp, parrot, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LOPM (b) OLPM (c) MPLO (d) LPMO
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
27. 27.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 930371491523. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9303 7149 1523 (b) 3037 1491 523 (c) 9303 7114 91523 (d) 9307 3149 1523
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 514414101. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 514 414 011 (b) 514 414 101 (c) 511 441 4101 (d) 514 141 01
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, mango, inkpot? (a) Mum Ink Red (b) Red Mum Ink (c) Mum Red Ink (d) Ink Mum Red
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
38. 38.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, tent, sock? (a) Seven Tea Green (b) Tea Seven Green (c) Green Tea Seven (d) Tea Green Seven
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 246830011. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 246 830 011 (b) 246 380 011 (c) 246 830 0011 (d) 268 300 11

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