Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 101 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Cats Pigs (b) Cats Eight Pigs Cats (c) Eight Cats Pigs Cats (d) Cats Pigs Cats Eight
6. 6.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 5301220309. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 530 122 0309 (b) 530 120 309 (c) 530 122 0039 (d) 530 122 00309
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 640206988888. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6402 0688 888 (b) 6402 6098 8888 (c) 6402 0069 88888 (d) 6402 0698 8888
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 5197028378. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 519 702 8378 (b) 519 702 83378 (c) 519 702 878 (d) 519 702 8387
13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) an acronym
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, cat, guava? (a) Goats Cook Old (b) Cook Goats Old (c) Old Cook Goats (d) Cook Old Goats
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 488481306. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 488 481 36 (b) 488 481 360 (c) 488 848 1306 (d) 488 481 306
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, candle, spoon? (a) Cats Sing Jolly (b) Sing Cats Jolly (c) Jolly Cats Sing (d) Cats Jolly Sing
22. 22.🧰 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) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
23. 23.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, fan, banana? (a) Vines Funny Bakes (b) Funny Bakes Vines (c) Bakes Funny Vines (d) Funny Vines Bakes
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, guava, van, rope, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGVRC (b) GVRCD (c) GDVRC (d) CRVGD
29. 29.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Love Eight (c) Eight Love Pigs Aunty (d) Love Pigs Aunty Eight
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 672631886745. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6726 3188 6745 (b) 6726 3118 86745 (c) 6276 3188 6745 (d) 7263 1886 745
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 598388327. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 598 388 327 (b) 958 388 327 (c) 559 838 8327 (d) 593 883 27
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 169409712. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 166 940 9712 (b) 164 097 12 (c) 169 409 712 (d) 196 409 712
36. 36.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 9340414683. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 930 414 683 (b) 934 041 4863 (c) 934 041 46683 (d) 934 041 4683
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 444563082126. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4444 5630 82126 (b) 4445 6308 2162 (c) 4445 6308 2126 (d) 4445 6082 126
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, apple, kite? (a) Kids Ants Funny (b) Funny Ants Kids (c) Ants Kids Funny (d) Ants Funny Kids

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