Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 117 · 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) Silly Wet Goats (b) Wet Goats Silly (c) Goats Wet Silly (d) Wet Silly Goats
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
3. 3.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cook Eight (b) Crazy Eight Play Cook (c) Eight Crazy Play Cook (d) Cook Play Crazy Eight
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, kite, onion? (a) Kites Old Jeeps (b) Old Kites Jeeps (c) Kites Jeeps Old (d) Jeeps Kites Old
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, umpire, tiger, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UKTD (b) DTUK (c) KUTD (d) UTDK
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, monkey, wallet, coconut, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCWMF (b) MFWCR (c) MWCRF (d) FMWCR
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 5158484443. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 518 484 443 (b) 511 584 84443 (c) 515 884 4443 (d) 515 848 4443
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 417248571. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 417 248 571 (b) 417 248 71 (c) 417 248 517 (d) 411 724 8571
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, pencil, onion? (a) Only Pigs All (b) Pigs All Only (c) All Pigs Only (d) Pigs Only All
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 395601901. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 395 601 9011 (b) 396 019 01 (c) 935 601 901 (d) 395 601 901
22. 22.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, vase, coconut, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VLCD (b) LVCD (c) VCDL (d) DCVL
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, key, anchor? (a) Kites Grab Aunty (b) Grab Kites Aunty (c) Kites Aunty Grab (d) Aunty Kites Grab
26. 26.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 310336371112. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3310 3363 71112 (b) 3103 3637 1112 (c) 3103 3637 112 (d) 3103 3367 1112
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 1438129011. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 143 819 2011 (b) 143 812 9011 (c) 114 381 29011 (d) 143 819 011
31. 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Goats (b) Wise Goats Seven (c) Wise Seven Goats (d) Goats Wise Seven
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 301255051. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 301 255 051 (b) 301 255 0511 (c) 301 250 51 (d) 301 250 551
34. 34.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pink Crazy (b) Every Cats Pink Crazy (c) Cats Pink Crazy Every (d) Crazy Pink Cats Every
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eat Nani (b) Eat Nani Sing Wise (c) Eat Sing Wise Nani (d) Nani Eat Sing Wise
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 647459060. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 647 459 060 (b) 647 490 60 (c) 647 459 9060 (d) 644 759 060

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