Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 218 · 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) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, pillow, duck? (a) Goats Pink Dad (b) Dad Pink Goats (c) Pink Goats Dad (d) Pink Dad Goats
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, jug, watch? (a) Jeeps Wise Toys (b) Wise Jeeps Toys (c) Jeeps Toys Wise (d) Toys Jeeps Wise
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, mirror, umbrella? (a) Love Mum Under (b) Under Mum Love (c) Mum Love Under (d) Mum Under Love
7. 7.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Pigs Crazy (b) Cook Pigs Crazy Every (c) Cook Every Pigs Crazy (d) Crazy Pigs Cook Every
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 893965823293. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8936 9582 3293 (b) 8939 6582 33293 (c) 8939 6582 3293 (d) 8996 5823 293
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 173962467630. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1739 6246 67630 (b) 1793 6246 7630 (c) 1739 6246 7630 (d) 1796 2467 630
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, coconut, tomato, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCTS (b) CTSB (c) STCB (d) CBTS
14. 14.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, van, spoon? (a) Silly Vines Jump (b) Vines Jump Silly (c) Vines Silly Jump (d) Jump Vines Silly
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Ants Every (b) Every Lazy Play Ants (c) Lazy Every Play Ants (d) Ants Play Lazy Every
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 431130052125. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4311 3005 2125 (b) 4311 3005 125 (c) 4311 3000 52125 (d) 4131 3005 2125
23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
24. 24.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, net, tent, apple, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCTAG (b) NTAGC (c) CNTAG (d) GATNC
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, owl, umbrella? (a) Only Lazy Under (b) Under Only Lazy (c) Only Under Lazy (d) Lazy Only Under
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, ball, apple, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBAK (b) KABR (c) BRAK (d) BAKR
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 420506935. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 420 506 935 (b) 420 506 9355 (c) 420 569 35 (d) 420 509 635
31. 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
33. 33.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 241029432421. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2410 2943 2421 (b) 2410 9432 421 (c) 2410 2943 4221 (d) 2410 2943 24211
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, banana, vase? (a) Bunny Frogs Vines (b) Bunny Vines Frogs (c) Frogs Bunny Vines (d) Vines Bunny Frogs
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
38. 38.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 9745232278. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 974 232 278 (b) 974 523 2278 (c) 974 253 2278 (d) 974 523 22278
40. 40.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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