Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 257 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Fly Rani (b) Fly Love Sing Rani (c) Sing Rani Love Fly (d) Rani Sing Love Fly
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play Ants Every (b) Love Every Play Ants (c) Every Love Play Ants (d) Ants Play Love Every
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 700062076378. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7000 6207 6738 (b) 7000 6207 63378 (c) 7000 6206 378 (d) 7000 6207 6378
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 628804544213. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6288 0454 44213 (b) 6288 0454 421 (c) 6288 0454 4213 (d) 6288 0454 4123
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 203098384019. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 0309 8384 019 (b) 2030 9838 4019 (c) 2030 9838 4091 (d) 2030 0983 84019
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 171810782731. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1718 1078 2731 (b) 1781 0782 731 (c) 1718 1007 82731 (d) 1718 1087 2731
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Seven (b) Wet Seven Goats (c) Seven Wet Goats (d) Goats Wet Seven
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, tiger, net, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGNS (b) SNTG (c) TNSG (d) GTNS
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, jalebi, igloo? (a) Tea Jump Ice (b) Jump Ice Tea (c) Jump Tea Ice (d) Ice Jump Tea
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 570690904336. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5706 9090 336 (b) 5706 6909 04336 (c) 5706 9900 4336 (d) 5706 9090 4336
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, rose, sock, guava, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RSGCM (b) CGSRM (c) MRSGC (d) RMSGC
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 635653892754. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6356 5389 2754 (b) 6355 6538 92754 (c) 3565 3892 754 (d) 6365 5389 2754
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, tiger, rose? (a) Tiny Pigs Red (b) Red Tiny Pigs (c) Pigs Tiny Red (d) Tiny Red Pigs
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
21. 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wins Grab (b) Grab Wins Sing (c) Wins Grab Sing (d) Wins Sing Grab
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pink All (b) Every Love Pink All (c) All Pink Love Every (d) Love Pink All Every
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 332922300. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 332 922 30 (b) 332 992 2300 (c) 332 922 300 (d) 332 923 200
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 604809204. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 604 809 204 (b) 604 480 9204 (c) 604 809 20 (d) 608 409 204
27. 27.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Aunty Eight (b) Eight Lazy Play Aunty (c) Lazy Eight Play Aunty (d) Aunty Play Lazy Eight
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Silly (b) Wins Goats Silly (c) Wins Silly Goats (d) Silly Wins Goats
33. 33.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Funny Jolly (b) Funny Jolly My Aunty (c) Funny My Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Funny My Aunty
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 6792831490. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 679 283 1940 (b) 792 831 490 (c) 679 283 11490 (d) 679 283 1490
38. 38.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧰 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) an acronym (d) chunking
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, coconut, doll, violin, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TVDCM (b) CMDVT (c) MCDVT (d) CDVTM

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