Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 165 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
3. 3.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, ball, jeep? (a) Jump Bakes Ice (b) Bakes Ice Jump (c) Bakes Jump Ice (d) Ice Bakes Jump
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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Crazy Play (b) Every Crazy Play Crazy (c) Crazy Every Play Crazy (d) Crazy Play Crazy Every
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pigs Lazy Every (b) Every Lazy Pigs All (c) Lazy Every Pigs All (d) Lazy Pigs All Every
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 303415722. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 304 157 22 (b) 303 417 522 (c) 303 415 5722 (d) 303 415 722
14. 14.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 895470043. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 895 470 0443 (b) 895 470 043 (c) 895 470 034 (d) 895 700 43
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Lions Funny (b) Runs Silly Lions Funny (c) Funny Lions Silly Runs (d) Silly Lions Funny Runs
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, wallet, pencil? (a) Wise Pigs Nine (b) Nine Wise Pigs (c) Wise Nine Pigs (d) Pigs Wise Nine
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, ant, ladder? (a) Lions Aunty Green (b) Green Aunty Lions (c) Aunty Green Lions (d) Aunty Lions Green
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Play Crazy (b) Eat Cats Play Crazy (c) Crazy Play Cats Eat (d) Cats Play Crazy Eat
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, violin, candle, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VCNF (b) FVCN (c) VFCN (d) NCVF
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, pencil, tent, ice cream, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBTIU (b) PTIUB (c) UITPB (d) BPTIU
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 2830536111. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 283 035 6111 (b) 283 053 66111 (c) 283 053 6111 (d) 283 536 111
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, radio, vase? (a) Vans Red Jolly (b) Red Vans Jolly (c) Red Jolly Vans (d) Jolly Red Vans
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, nest, drum, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDNC (b) NCDM (c) NDMC (d) CNDM
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Rani Lazy Funny (b) Funny Lazy Silly Rani (c) Silly Lazy Funny Rani (d) Rani Silly Lazy Funny
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Lions Funny (b) Seven Red Lions Funny (c) Seven Lions Funny Red (d) Funny Lions Seven Red
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
30. 30.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, parrot, rose, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFRU (b) URPF (c) FPRU (d) PRUF
37. 37.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, spoon, kite, tomato, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKTCD (b) DSKTC (c) SDKTC (d) CTKSD
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 422938406. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 429 384 06 (b) 429 238 406 (c) 422 938 406 (d) 442 293 8406

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