Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 243 · 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) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Sing Wise (b) Nine Eat Sing Wise (c) Wise Sing Eat Nine (d) Eat Sing Wise Nine
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Grab (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Wise Grab Seven (d) Wise Seven Grab
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wet Nine (b) Nine Every Silly Wet (c) Every Nine Silly Wet (d) Wet Silly Every Nine
9. 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
10. 10.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 7566427976. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 756 642 7976 (b) 566 427 976 (c) 576 642 7976 (d) 756 642 77976
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, net, inkpot, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTIR (b) NIRT (c) RINT (d) TNIR
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, vase, umbrella, watch, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VIUWR (b) RWUVI (c) IVUWR (d) VUWRI
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
15. 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Love Play Aunty (b) Love Play Aunty Eat (c) Aunty Play Love Eat (d) Love Eat Play Aunty
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Crazy Eight (b) Crazy Eight Play Cook (c) Crazy Play Cook Eight (d) Eight Crazy Play Cook
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Green (b) Green Wins Seven (c) Wins Green Seven (d) Wins Seven Green
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 926249880252. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9262 4988 80252 (b) 9262 4988 0225 (c) 9262 4980 252 (d) 9262 4988 0252
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, parrot, inkpot? (a) Pink Inside Kind (b) Inside Pink Kind (c) Kind Pink Inside (d) Pink Kind Inside
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 583365515814. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5833 5651 5814 (b) 5833 6551 514 (c) 5833 6551 5814 (d) 5833 6551 15814
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 541292340318. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5129 2340 318 (b) 5412 9230 4318 (c) 5412 9233 40318 (d) 5412 9234 0318
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Cats Every (c) Cats Play Crazy Every (d) Cats Every Play Crazy
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, ant, inkpot? (a) All Ink Kids (b) Ink All Kids (c) Kids All Ink (d) All Kids Ink
28. 28.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, rope, needle, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRNM (b) MNRW (c) RWNM (d) RNMW
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, tent, flute? (a) Tiny Fly Dogs (b) Dogs Tiny Fly (c) Tiny Dogs Fly (d) Fly Tiny Dogs
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 3495832582. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 349 583 2582 (b) 349 583 2852 (c) 349 583 282 (d) 344 958 32582
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, mango, doll? (a) Dogs My Frogs (b) Frogs My Dogs (c) My Dogs Frogs (d) My Frogs Dogs
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, goat, coconut, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCGK (b) KGCT (c) GCTK (d) GKCT
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, wallet, owl, drum, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WODLI (b) WIODL (c) LDOWI (d) IWODL
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, jeep, mirror, lemon, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VLMJD (b) JDMLV (c) JMLVD (d) DJMLV
39. 39.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, fan, rope? (a) Ants Fly Rani (b) Fly Ants Rani (c) Fly Rani Ants (d) Rani Fly Ants

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