Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 335 · 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: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 879604649. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 897 604 649 (b) 879 604 649 (c) 879 604 49 (d) 887 960 4649
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, fan, ant? (a) Frogs Bakes Aunty (b) Bakes Frogs Aunty (c) Frogs Aunty Bakes (d) Aunty Frogs Bakes
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, guava, duck, ball, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDBAW (b) ABDGW (c) WGDBA (d) GWDBA
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Sing (b) Wet Green Sing (c) Wet Sing Green (d) Sing Wet Green
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, jug, sock? (a) Jump Seven Play (b) Jump Play Seven (c) Seven Jump Play (d) Play Jump Seven
20. 20.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 298951827. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 289 518 27 (b) 298 951 1827 (c) 298 958 127 (d) 298 951 827
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Love Eat (b) Love Eat Pink Ants (c) Eat Love Pink Ants (d) Love Pink Ants Eat
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lazy Pink Aunty (b) Lazy Pink Aunty Every (c) Lazy Every Pink Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Lazy Every
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, shoe, goat? (a) Silly Vans Grab (b) Silly Grab Vans (c) Vans Silly Grab (d) Grab Silly Vans
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, jeep, mango? (a) Mum Jump Old (b) Old Jump Mum (c) Jump Mum Old (d) Jump Old Mum
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, spoon, banana? (a) Bakes Seven Jolly (b) Jolly Seven Bakes (c) Seven Bakes Jolly (d) Seven Jolly Bakes
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Cats Eight (b) Cats Eight Play Cook (c) Cats Play Cook Eight (d) Eight Cats Play Cook
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 281201418433. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2812 0114 8433 (b) 2812 1418 433 (c) 2812 0141 8433 (d) 2812 0141 18433
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lazy Pigs All (b) Lazy Pigs All Eight (c) All Pigs Lazy Eight (d) Lazy Eight Pigs All
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, candle, spoon, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CISF (b) FSCI (c) ICSF (d) CSFI
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Silly (b) Wet Silly Green (c) Wet Green Silly (d) Silly Wet Green
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 879662573819. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8796 6257 38199 (b) 8796 2657 3819 (c) 8796 6257 3819 (d) 8796 6257 819
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 288586107595. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2885 8861 07595 (b) 2885 8610 595 (c) 2885 8610 7559 (d) 2885 8610 7595
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, guava, apple? (a) Green Aunty Bunny (b) Aunty Green Bunny (c) Bunny Green Aunty (d) Green Bunny Aunty
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
39. 39.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 1205991088. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 120 599 1088 (b) 120 059 91088 (c) 102 599 1088 (d) 120 599 088

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