Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 160 · 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 life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
3. 3.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Seven (b) Wins Seven Goats (c) Goats Wins Seven (d) Seven Wins Goats
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) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Funny Jeeps (b) Funny My All Jeeps (c) Jeeps Funny My All (d) Funny Jeeps My All
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My All Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly My All (c) Jolly Frogs My All (d) All My Frogs Jolly
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 113242780. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 113 324 2780 (b) 112 427 80 (c) 113 242 780 (d) 113 224 780
9. 9.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 152053921900. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1250 5392 1900 (b) 1520 5392 1900 (c) 1520 5392 11900 (d) 1520 5392 900
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 583801089890. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5838 0110 89890 (b) 5838 0108 990 (c) 5838 0108 9890 (d) 5838 0108 9809
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, sock, pencil? (a) Silly Crazy Pink (b) Crazy Silly Pink (c) Silly Pink Crazy (d) Pink Silly Crazy
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 615158715. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 615 587 15 (b) 615 158 715 (c) 611 558 715 (d) 615 115 8715
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🔤 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
18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — 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) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
20. 20.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 634634149908. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6346 3419 908 (b) 6346 3414 9908 (c) 3646 3414 9908 (d) 6344 6341 49908
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, parrot, duck, bucket, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PRDBF (b) RPDBF (c) FBDPR (d) PDBFR
25. 25.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, pillow, apple, fan, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUAFD (b) PAFDU (c) DFAPU (d) UPAFD
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 496342804914. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4963 4804 914 (b) 4963 4280 9414 (c) 4963 4280 04914 (d) 4963 4280 4914
29. 29.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, parrot, rope? (a) Frogs Pink Rani (b) Rani Pink Frogs (c) Pink Frogs Rani (d) Pink Rani Frogs
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Lions Frogs (b) Frogs Lions Seven Red (c) Seven Lions Frogs Red (d) Red Seven Lions Frogs
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 226921063574. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2296 2106 3574 (b) 2269 2106 35774 (c) 2269 2106 3574 (d) 2269 1063 574
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, pillow, sock, umbrella, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFSUG (b) PSUGF (c) FPSUG (d) GUSPF
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 240260211. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 240 260 21 (b) 240 260 211 (c) 240 260 2111 (d) 420 260 211
38. 38.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme

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