Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 362 · 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 life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lions Pink All (b) All Pink Lions Eat (c) Lions Eat Pink All (d) Lions Pink All Eat
2. 2.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, shoe, glass, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGSW (b) SGAW (c) SWGA (d) WSGA
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 625021984. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 250 219 84 (b) 625 022 1984 (c) 625 021 984 (d) 625 029 184
5. 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 632536769353. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6325 3367 69353 (b) 6253 6769 353 (c) 6325 3667 9353 (d) 6325 3676 9353
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly Mice All (b) Jolly Funny Mice All (c) Funny Mice All Jolly (d) All Mice Funny Jolly
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
10. 10.🧰 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
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, guava, candle? (a) Cook Green Ants (b) Ants Green Cook (c) Green Ants Cook (d) Green Cook Ants
12. 12.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
14. 14.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, frog, watch, orange, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWOJG (b) FGWOJ (c) GFWOJ (d) JOWFG
17. 17.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 686910559. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 689 610 559 (b) 869 105 59 (c) 686 910 5559 (d) 686 910 559
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, vase, cat? (a) Cook Vines Aunty (b) Aunty Vines Cook (c) Vines Cook Aunty (d) Vines Aunty Cook
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cook Eat (b) Eat Cook Play Crazy (c) Cook Play Crazy Eat (d) Cook Eat Play Crazy
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, anchor, nest, inkpot, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANIGU (b) GINAU (c) UANIG (d) AUNIG
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Play Crazy (b) Every Crazy Crazy Play (c) Crazy Play Crazy Every (d) Every Crazy Play Crazy
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play All Eight (b) Eight Love Play All (c) All Play Love Eight (d) Love Eight Play All
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, drum, lamp, spoon, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TSLDP (b) DLSTP (c) DPLST (d) PDLST
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 822726493632. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8227 2649 36322 (b) 8227 2649 3632 (c) 2827 2649 3632 (d) 8227 2649 363
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, doll, mango, ice cream, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIMDT (b) TDMIF (c) DTMIF (d) DMIFT
30. 30.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 178085580. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 178 085 580 (b) 178 085 850 (c) 178 085 80 (d) 178 085 5800
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
35. 35.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wet Nani (b) Wet Silly Eat Nani (c) Eat Nani Silly Wet (d) Nani Eat Silly Wet
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 173580470. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 135 804 70 (b) 173 580 470 (c) 173 580 4770 (d) 137 580 470
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 759136271. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 759 136 2711 (b) 759 162 71 (c) 759 136 271 (d) 795 136 271
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM

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