Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 197 · 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.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, vase, parrot, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVPW (b) WPVO (c) VOPW (d) VPWO
4. 4.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
9. 9.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, vase, doll? (a) Very Dogs Funny (b) Very Funny Dogs (c) Funny Very Dogs (d) Dogs Very Funny
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 2071120175. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 207 120 175 (b) 207 112 0175 (c) 207 112 1075 (d) 220 711 20175
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 432230201430. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4322 3020 14330 (b) 4322 3020 143 (c) 4322 3020 1430 (d) 4322 3021 0430
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Sing (b) Sing Wise Goats (c) Wise Goats Sing (d) Wise Sing Goats
17. 17.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, inkpot, watch, rope, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KRWIA (b) IWRKA (c) AIWRK (d) IAWRK
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 153617150497. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1531 6715 0497 (b) 1561 7150 497 (c) 1536 1715 04977 (d) 1536 1715 0497
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 4154015502. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 415 415 502 (b) 415 401 5502 (c) 415 440 15502 (d) 415 401 5052
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mice Aunty Jolly (b) Fly Jolly Mice Aunty (c) Jolly Fly Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Mice Fly Jolly
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Silly (b) Wet Green Silly (c) Silly Wet Green (d) Wet Silly Green
25. 25.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔤 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
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, key, wallet, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWKP (b) KWTP (c) KPWT (d) PKWT
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Seven Wet (b) Wet Seven Eat Nine (c) Eat Seven Wet Nine (d) Eat Nine Seven Wet
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, umpire, apple, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UARO (b) RAUO (c) OUAR (d) UOAR
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Funny Red (b) Red Seven Lions Funny (c) Funny Lions Seven Red (d) Seven Red Lions Funny
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, needle, kettle, vase, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANKVW (b) NKVWA (c) NAKVW (d) WVKNA
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Play Cats (b) Eat Cook Play Cats (c) Cats Play Cook Eat (d) Cook Play Cats Eat
34. 34.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, tomato, monkey? (a) Toys My Ice (b) Toys Ice My (c) Ice Toys My (d) My Toys Ice
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Eight Nani (b) Eight Nani Seven Wet (c) Eight Seven Wet Nani (d) Nani Eight Seven Wet
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, parrot, doll, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDBL (b) PLDB (c) LPDB (d) BDPL
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 1251492441. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 125 149 2441 (b) 125 194 2441 (c) 125 149 244 (d) 125 149 24411

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