Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 115 · 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 four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Silly Wins Nine (b) Nine Eight Silly Wins (c) Wins Silly Eight Nine (d) Eight Nine Silly Wins
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 700150807951. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7001 5080 7951 (b) 7001 5080 751 (c) 7001 5080 07951 (d) 7001 5087 0951
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, onion, parrot? (a) Only Pigs Funny (b) Only Funny Pigs (c) Funny Only Pigs (d) Pigs Only Funny
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
7. 7.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 952151613. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 952 215 1613 (b) 952 151 13 (c) 952 151 613 (d) 925 151 613
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 794432191023. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7443 2191 023 (b) 7944 3219 1023 (c) 7944 2319 1023 (d) 7944 3221 91023
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, rope, bucket? (a) Rani Bakes Lions (b) Bakes Rani Lions (c) Lions Rani Bakes (d) Rani Lions Bakes
14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
19. 19.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 217212715. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 271 212 715 (b) 272 127 15 (c) 217 212 715 (d) 217 211 2715
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, urn, pencil? (a) Pigs Up Goats (b) Up Pigs Goats (c) Up Goats Pigs (d) Goats Up Pigs
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Play Aunty (b) Every Love Play Aunty (c) Aunty Play Love Every (d) Love Play Aunty Every
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Cats Play (b) Every Cats Play Cats (c) Cats Play Cats Every (d) Cats Every Play Cats
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, jalebi, ice cream, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJIV (b) JTIV (c) VIJT (d) JIVT
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Every Seven Wet (b) Every Seven Wet Nine (c) Every Nine Seven Wet (d) Wet Seven Every Nine
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, lemon, urn? (a) Up Lazy All (b) Lazy All Up (c) Lazy Up All (d) All Lazy Up
32. 32.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 185857059328. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8158 5705 9328 (b) 1858 5700 59328 (c) 1858 7059 328 (d) 1858 5705 9328
34. 34.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, watch, parrot, jug, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPJDF (b) FWPJD (c) DJPWF (d) WFPJD
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

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