Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 371 · 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.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, jalebi, pillow, coconut, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCPJD (b) JPCKD (c) DJPCK (d) JDPCK
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
7. 7.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
14. 14.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, anchor, ball? (a) Ants Green Bunny (b) Green Ants Bunny (c) Bunny Ants Green (d) Ants Bunny Green
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, banana, tiger? (a) Big Lazy Tiny (b) Tiny Big Lazy (c) Big Tiny Lazy (d) Lazy Big Tiny
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Play All (b) Lions Play All Every (c) All Play Lions Every (d) Every Lions Play All
18. 18.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Fly Jump (b) Fly Jump Mum Aunty (c) Jump Fly Mum Aunty (d) Fly Mum Aunty Jump
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 5263600981. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 526 600 981 (b) 526 360 0981 (c) 523 660 0981 (d) 522 636 00981
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Wise Seven Grab (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Grab Wise Seven
23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 954343879517. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9543 4387 9517 (b) 9543 4387 917 (c) 9543 4387 5917 (d) 9543 4387 95517
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Lions Eight (b) Lions Eight Pink Ants (c) Lions Pink Ants Eight (d) Eight Lions Pink Ants
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Sing (b) Wise Sing Green (c) Sing Wise Green (d) Wise Green Sing
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, orange, drum? (a) Owls Red Dance (b) Owls Dance Red (c) Red Owls Dance (d) Dance Owls Red
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 4033806684. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 033 806 684 (b) 403 338 06684 (c) 403 380 6648 (d) 403 380 6684
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 596507036195. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5965 7003 6195 (b) 5965 0703 6195 (c) 5965 0700 36195 (d) 9650 7036 195
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Seven (b) Wise Seven Green (c) Seven Wise Green (d) Green Wise Seven
33. 33.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, ladder, rose, anchor, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LIRAV (b) LRAVI (c) ILRAV (d) VARLI
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
36. 36.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
38. 38.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔤 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
40. 40.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book

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