Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 293 · 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) Rani Sing Love Fly (c) Sing Rani Love Fly (d) Fly Love Sing Rani
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Eight Nani (b) Eight Silly Wise Nani (c) Eight Nani Silly Wise (d) Nani Eight Silly Wise
4. 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
7. 7.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, duck, mango, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMVL (b) VMDL (c) LDMV (d) DLMV
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Fly My Aunty (b) Fly My Aunty Jolly (c) Aunty My Fly Jolly (d) Fly Jolly My Aunty
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 987891063291. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9789 1063 291 (b) 9878 9106 3219 (c) 9878 9106 32991 (d) 9878 9106 3291
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, jug, ladder, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLJF (b) JLNF (c) FJLN (d) JFLN
15. 15.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wins Grab (b) Grab Wins Silly (c) Wins Grab Silly (d) Wins Silly Grab
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
18. 18.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, drum, vase, jug, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVJIC (b) IJVDC (c) CDVJI (d) DCVJI
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, kettle, violin? (a) Vines Kind Dad (b) Kind Dad Vines (c) Kind Vines Dad (d) Dad Kind Vines
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, cat, wallet, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCWM (b) COWM (c) MWCO (d) CWMO
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Play Lazy Eat (b) Lazy Play Ants Eat (c) Eat Lazy Play Ants (d) Lazy Eat Play Ants
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Every Seven Wise (b) Every Seven Wise Nine (c) Every Nine Seven Wise (d) Wise Seven Every Nine
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 166407150439. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1660 4715 0439 (b) 1664 0715 50439 (c) 1664 0715 0439 (d) 1640 7150 439
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 876670266. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 876 670 26 (b) 786 670 266 (c) 876 670 2666 (d) 876 670 266
29. 29.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wise Green (b) Wise Sing Green (c) Green Wise Sing (d) Wise Green Sing
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Silly Love Frogs (b) Frogs Love Silly Runs (c) Silly Love Frogs Runs (d) Silly Runs Love Frogs
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 3113872554. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 387 5254 (b) 311 372 554 (c) 311 388 72554 (d) 311 387 2554
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, duck, shoe, banana, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSBAO (b) DOSBA (c) ODSBA (d) ABSDO
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Silly (b) Silly Wins Green (c) Green Wins Silly (d) Wins Silly Green
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 3048702840. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 304 870 28840 (b) 304 872 840 (c) 304 780 2840 (d) 304 870 2840
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, jeep, rope, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBRT (b) JRTB (c) TRJB (d) BJRT
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Play Ants (b) Ants Play Lazy Eight (c) Lazy Play Ants Eight (d) Eight Lazy Play Ants
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 712672909. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 712 627 909 (b) 712 672 9909 (c) 712 672 909 (d) 712 672 09

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