Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 104 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Sing (b) Wins Goats Sing (c) Wins Sing Goats (d) Sing Wins Goats
2. 2.🔤 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
3. 3.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, monkey, watch, lemon, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLWMD (b) MDWLT (c) DMWLT (d) MWLTD
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
6. 6.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) chunking
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Sing Wet (b) Nine Eat Sing Wet (c) Eat Sing Wet Nine (d) Wet Sing Eat Nine
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 791168141. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 791 168 41 (b) 791 168 1141 (c) 791 186 141 (d) 791 168 141
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
14. 14.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink All Every (b) Lazy Every Pink All (c) All Pink Lazy Every (d) Every Lazy Pink All
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 7218182328. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 721 818 232 (b) 721 818 2328 (c) 721 818 22328 (d) 271 818 2328
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
18. 18.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, inkpot, wallet? (a) Wet Ice My (b) Ice My Wet (c) Ice Wet My (d) My Ice Wet
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, candle, banana? (a) Bunny Cats Green (b) Cats Bunny Green (c) Cats Green Bunny (d) Green Cats Bunny
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, pencil, monkey? (a) Pink My Old (b) My Pink Old (c) Old Pink My (d) Pink Old My
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Lazy Frogs (b) Seven Lazy Frogs Red (c) Seven Red Lazy Frogs (d) Frogs Lazy Seven Red
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Seven (b) Wise Seven Grab (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Wise Grab Seven
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 9704101503. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 974 101 503 (b) 970 041 01503 (c) 970 410 5103 (d) 970 410 1503
25. 25.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, needle, monkey, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNMA (b) NGMA (c) AMNG (d) NMAG
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, whistle, van? (a) Wins Owls Vans (b) Wins Vans Owls (c) Vans Wins Owls (d) Owls Wins Vans
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, tiger, inkpot, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TVIL (b) TILV (c) VTIL (d) LITV
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Crazy Every (b) Cook Every Pigs Crazy (c) Crazy Pigs Cook Every (d) Every Cook Pigs Crazy
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 799302879. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 799 328 79 (b) 779 930 2879 (c) 793 902 879 (d) 799 302 879
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 431168050545. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4311 6805 5045 (b) 4311 6805 0545 (c) 4116 8050 545 (d) 4331 1680 50545
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, guava, ladder, anchor, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGLAB (b) BALGP (c) GLABP (d) GPLAB
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, wallet, monkey? (a) Wise Lazy Mice (b) Wise Mice Lazy (c) Lazy Wise Mice (d) Mice Wise Lazy
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 173262279. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 172 362 279 (b) 173 262 29 (c) 173 262 279 (d) 173 262 2279
39. 39.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, tent, lamp, watch, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATLWG (b) GWLTA (c) TALWG (d) TLWGA

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