Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 247 · 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.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, kettle, ice cream? (a) Tiny Kids Ice (b) Kids Ice Tiny (c) Ice Kids Tiny (d) Kids Tiny Ice
4. 4.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, owl, umpire? (a) Old All Uncle (b) All Old Uncle (c) Old Uncle All (d) Uncle Old All
8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, flute, guava? (a) Cats Fly Green (b) Green Fly Cats (c) Fly Green Cats (d) Fly Cats Green
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Play Cook (b) Crazy Play Cook Every (c) Cook Play Crazy Every (d) Crazy Every Play Cook
12. 12.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 457513000. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 547 513 000 (b) 575 130 00 (c) 457 513 000 (d) 457 511 3000
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, coconut, rope, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PRCT (b) CTRP (c) TCRP (d) CRPT
15. 15.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 677472652. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 677 472 6652 (b) 677 472 625 (c) 677 472 652 (d) 677 476 52
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 8095087999. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 895 087 999 (b) 880 950 87999 (c) 809 508 7999 (d) 089 508 7999
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, flute, ice cream, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FISP (b) FPIS (c) PFIS (d) SIFP
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, lemon, radio, monkey, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRMKI (b) ILRMK (c) LIRMK (d) KMRLI
21. 21.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, orange, bucket? (a) Bakes Only Green (b) Only Bakes Green (c) Green Only Bakes (d) Only Green Bakes
24. 24.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, doll, ant, urn, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUADG (b) DGAUS (c) DAUSG (d) GDAUS
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Sing Runs (b) Runs Sing Love Frogs (c) Sing Runs Love Frogs (d) Sing Love Frogs Runs
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, radio, kite, doll, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UDKRL (b) LRKDU (c) RLKDU (d) RKDUL
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Wise Seven Grab
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mice Fly Jolly (b) Fly Mice Ants Jolly (c) Jolly Fly Mice Ants (d) Fly Jolly Mice Ants
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
36. 36.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, parrot, inkpot? (a) Pigs Goats Ice (b) Ice Pigs Goats (c) Pigs Ice Goats (d) Goats Pigs Ice
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 1745745712. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 174 557 45712 (b) 147 574 5712 (c) 174 575 712 (d) 174 574 5712
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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