Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 233 · 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 acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
2. 2.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, drum, umpire? (a) Dogs Mum Up (b) Dogs Up Mum (c) Mum Dogs Up (d) Up Dogs Mum
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 751827822. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 751 827 822 (b) 715 827 822 (c) 775 182 7822 (d) 751 828 22
8. 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, tiger, watch? (a) Wet Tiny Green (b) Green Tiny Wet (c) Tiny Wet Green (d) Tiny Green Wet
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) a mind map
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, urn, guava, tiger, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGTDS (b) DTGUS (c) SUGTD (d) USGTD
13. 13.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, drum, cat? (a) Cats Dance Neat (b) Dance Cats Neat (c) Dance Neat Cats (d) Neat Dance Cats
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 320104115168. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2301 0411 5168 (b) 3201 0115 168 (c) 3201 0411 15168 (d) 3201 0411 5168
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 537282164. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 537 282 164 (b) 573 282 164 (c) 537 282 1664 (d) 372 821 64
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Crazy Play (b) Crazy Play Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Eat Play Crazy (d) Eat Crazy Play Crazy
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 5687379129. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 568 737 91299 (b) 568 737 9129 (c) 687 379 129 (d) 568 739 7129
29. 29.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs Mice Ants (b) Frogs Jolly Mice Ants (c) Ants Mice Frogs Jolly (d) Frogs Mice Ants Jolly
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, ball, fan, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFBT (b) BFPT (c) BTFP (d) TBFP
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 807749893480. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8074 9893 480 (b) 8077 4989 3480 (c) 8077 4998 93480 (d) 8077 4899 3480
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 9827971387. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 982 771 387 (b) 982 797 1387 (c) 982 779 71387 (d) 892 797 1387
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, rope, cat? (a) Crazy Red Wet (b) Red Wet Crazy (c) Red Crazy Wet (d) Wet Red Crazy
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 306112534843. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3061 1253 4843 (b) 3066 1125 34843 (c) 0611 2534 843 (d) 0361 1253 4843
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mice Ants Jolly (b) Jolly Fly Mice Ants (c) Fly Jolly Mice Ants (d) Ants Mice Fly Jolly
37. 37.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, glass, spoon? (a) Goats Dance Silly (b) Goats Silly Dance (c) Dance Goats Silly (d) Silly Goats Dance
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 9620661260. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 962 066 126 (b) 962 606 1260 (c) 962 066 1260 (d) 962 066 12600

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