Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 206 · 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 are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 7367056433. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 736 770 56433 (b) 736 705 6433 (c) 736 705 433 (d) 763 705 6433
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, kite, pencil? (a) Toys Kites Pink (b) Pink Kites Toys (c) Kites Toys Pink (d) Kites Pink Toys
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cook Every (b) Crazy Every Play Cook (c) Every Crazy Play Cook (d) Cook Play Crazy Every
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Seven (b) Wise Seven Green (c) Seven Wise Green (d) Wise Green Seven
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Silly Lions Frogs (b) Silly Red Lions Frogs (c) Frogs Lions Silly Red (d) Silly Lions Frogs Red
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
20. 20.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 828893511981. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8289 8351 1981 (b) 8288 8935 11981 (c) 8288 9351 1981 (d) 8289 3511 981
22. 22.🧰 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) chunking (d) an acronym
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs Aunty Every (b) Every Lions Pigs Aunty (c) Aunty Pigs Lions Every (d) Lions Every Pigs Aunty
24. 24.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Goats (b) Wins Seven Goats (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Goats Wins Seven
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 421742366516. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4217 4236 6516 (b) 4217 4266 516 (c) 4217 4236 66516 (d) 4127 4236 6516
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wins Seven (b) Wins Grab Seven (c) Wins Seven Grab (d) Seven Wins Grab
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 898203186398. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8982 0318 3698 (b) 8820 3186 398 (c) 8982 0318 6398 (d) 8982 2031 86398
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, jalebi, wallet, apple, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RJWAP (b) JWAPR (c) PAWJR (d) JRWAP
33. 33.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
35. 35.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, frog, van? (a) Funny Under Very (b) Under Funny Very (c) Very Funny Under (d) Funny Very Under
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 468400605. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 468 400 605 (b) 468 400 60 (c) 468 440 0605 (d) 464 800 605
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 272821278. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 272 822 178 (b) 272 882 1278 (c) 272 821 278 (d) 728 212 78
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

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