Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 127 · 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 colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, apple, guava? (a) Aunty Cook Green (b) Green Aunty Cook (c) Aunty Green Cook (d) Cook Aunty Green
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 959327538308. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5932 7538 308 (b) 9593 2753 3808 (c) 9593 2275 38308 (d) 9593 2753 8308
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, vase, apple, igloo, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OIAVL (b) VAIOL (c) LVAIO (d) VLAIO
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mice Aunty (b) Jeeps Frogs Mice Aunty (c) Aunty Mice Frogs Jeeps (d) Frogs Mice Aunty Jeeps
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 974700333. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 947 003 33 (b) 974 700 0333 (c) 974 700 333 (d) 974 070 333
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 1765629228. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 176 562 9228 (b) 176 562 99228 (c) 176 562 2928 (d) 176 562 228
13. 13.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants My Frogs Jump (b) Frogs My Ants Jump (c) Frogs Jump My Ants (d) Jump Frogs My Ants
16. 16.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly My Ants (b) Ants My Fly Jolly (c) Fly My Ants Jolly (d) Jolly Fly My Ants
18. 18.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
24. 24.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, apple, doll? (a) Aunty Dance Vines (b) Aunty Vines Dance (c) Vines Aunty Dance (d) Dance Aunty Vines
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, onion, ladder, ant, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CALOF (b) FOLAC (c) OFLAC (d) OLACF
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, frog, mango? (a) Funny Mice Green (b) Mice Funny Green (c) Funny Green Mice (d) Green Funny Mice
28. 28.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 198000555063. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1980 0555 063 (b) 9180 0055 5063 (c) 1980 0005 55063 (d) 1980 0055 5063
30. 30.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jeeps My Aunty (b) Fly My Aunty Jeeps (c) Jeeps Fly My Aunty (d) Aunty My Fly Jeeps
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 871453556. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 871 145 3556 (b) 871 535 56 (c) 871 453 556 (d) 817 453 556
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, coconut, vase, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVBM (b) CMVB (c) BVCM (d) MCVB
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 720841691. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 722 084 1691 (b) 728 416 91 (c) 270 841 691 (d) 720 841 691
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 8319049777. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 831 904 9777 (b) 831 990 49777 (c) 831 904 977 (d) 813 904 9777
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, ladder, van, ant, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVAPF (b) PAVLF (c) FLVAP (d) LFVAP
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wise Neat (b) Wise Seven Eight Neat (c) Neat Eight Seven Wise (d) Eight Neat Seven Wise
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, bucket, rope, owl, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BROAS (b) AORBS (c) BSROA (d) SBROA
40. 40.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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