Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 211 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Cook Play (b) Cook Eight Play Cook (c) Cook Play Cook Eight (d) Eight Cook Play Cook
3. 3.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✏️ 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 Goats Seven (c) Wins Seven Goats (d) Goats Wins Seven
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Sing Runs (b) Sing Lazy Funny Runs (c) Runs Sing Lazy Funny (d) Sing Runs Lazy Funny
7. 7.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 907646204. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 907 646 6204 (b) 970 646 204 (c) 907 646 24 (d) 907 646 204
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, ant, drum? (a) Ants Dance Bakes (b) Bakes Ants Dance (c) Ants Bakes Dance (d) Dance Ants Bakes
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 735817638. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 735 817 368 (b) 735 581 7638 (c) 735 817 638 (d) 358 176 38
13. 13.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 973831206. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 973 831 206 (b) 793 831 206 (c) 973 883 1206 (d) 938 312 06
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 252865696. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 252 865 6996 (b) 252 685 696 (c) 252 865 696 (d) 258 656 96
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 681651125040. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6816 5112 55040 (b) 6816 5112 5040 (c) 6816 5115 040 (d) 8616 5112 5040
21. 21.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
24. 24.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
28. 28.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 300387258004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3003 8275 8004 (b) 3003 8258 004 (c) 3003 8725 80004 (d) 3003 8725 8004
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 143086949. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 130 869 49 (b) 134 086 949 (c) 143 086 9449 (d) 143 086 949
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, monkey, needle? (a) Jolly Mice Nine (b) Nine Mice Jolly (c) Mice Jolly Nine (d) Mice Nine Jolly
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Play Love Eight (b) Love Play All Eight (c) Eight Love Play All (d) Love Eight Play All
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 400953218. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 440 095 3218 (b) 400 953 218 (c) 400 953 281 (d) 400 953 18
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧰 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
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC

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