Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 217 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, bucket, violin, sock, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSVBP (b) BPVSD (c) PBVSD (d) BVSDP
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 672863685. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 672 286 3685 (b) 672 863 685 (c) 728 636 85 (d) 672 866 385
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eat Nani (b) Eat Nani Sing Wise (c) Eat Sing Wise Nani (d) Nani Eat Sing Wise
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 240355681223. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2043 5568 1223 (b) 2035 5681 223 (c) 2403 5566 81223 (d) 2403 5568 1223
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
9. 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
10. 10.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Silly Wise (b) Neat Eat Silly Wise (c) Wise Silly Eat Neat (d) Eat Silly Wise Neat
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cats Eight (b) Cats Pink Cook Eight (c) Cats Eight Pink Cook (d) Eight Cats Pink Cook
15. 15.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, owl, glass, drum, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDGOF (b) OGDJF (c) OFGDJ (d) FOGDJ
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, pillow, rope, wallet, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PRWIL (b) PLRWI (c) IWRPL (d) LPRWI
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 9370840520. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 973 084 0520 (b) 937 084 0520 (c) 937 084 050 (d) 937 084 05220
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Funny Runs (b) Funny Love Sing Runs (c) Sing Runs Love Funny (d) Runs Sing Love Funny
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 9447431545. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 947 431 545 (b) 944 734 1545 (c) 944 743 1545 (d) 944 774 31545
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.✏️ 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) Seven Lions Frogs Red (c) Frogs Lions Seven Red (d) Red Seven Lions Frogs
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mice Ants Jolly (b) Ants Mice Fly Jolly (c) Jolly Fly Mice Ants (d) Fly Jolly Mice Ants
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 9467807175. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 947 807 175 (b) 946 780 71755 (c) 946 780 7175 (d) 946 780 7157
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
28. 28.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 7310442700. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 731 044 42700 (b) 731 404 2700 (c) 731 044 2700 (d) 731 042 700
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
32. 32.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 8404537268. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 840 453 728 (b) 840 453 2768 (c) 844 045 37268 (d) 840 453 7268
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, glass, lemon? (a) Green Bunny Lazy (b) Green Lazy Bunny (c) Bunny Green Lazy (d) Lazy Green Bunny
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 5752499467. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 575 249 4967 (b) 575 249 99467 (c) 575 249 467 (d) 575 249 9467
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, radio, frog, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RKFP (b) RFPK (c) PFRK (d) KRFP
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, frog, sock, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSFA (b) FASB (c) FSBA (d) AFSB
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym

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