Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 373 · 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: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Sing (b) Wise Sing Grab (c) Sing Wise Grab (d) Wise Grab Sing
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, violin, candle, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKCG (b) KVCG (c) VCGK (d) GCVK
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 3173404035. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 317 340 4305 (b) 317 340 4035 (c) 173 404 035 (d) 317 340 40355
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, monkey, tiger? (a) Silly Mum Tiny (b) Mum Silly Tiny (c) Mum Tiny Silly (d) Tiny Mum Silly
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
13. 13.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 776072748. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 776 072 748 (b) 770 672 748 (c) 776 072 7488 (d) 776 027 48
15. 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, wallet, monkey, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WMNT (b) WTMN (c) TWMN (d) NMWT
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Every Sing Wise (b) Every Sing Wise Nani (c) Every Nani Sing Wise (d) Wise Sing Every Nani
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2123553015. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 212 355 3015 (b) 221 355 3015 (c) 212 355 53015 (d) 212 553 015
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
23. 23.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, lamp, needle? (a) Green Lazy Neat (b) Lazy Green Neat (c) Lazy Neat Green (d) Neat Lazy Green
25. 25.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny My Aunty (b) Funny Jolly My Aunty (c) Funny My Aunty Jolly (d) Aunty My Funny Jolly
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 395772431. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 339 577 2431 (b) 395 772 431 (c) 357 724 31 (d) 935 772 431
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cats Every (b) Cats Play Crazy Every (c) Every Cats Play Crazy (d) Cats Every Play Crazy
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, kettle, onion? (a) Old Kids Dad (b) Kids Old Dad (c) Kids Dad Old (d) Dad Kids Old
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 3496945950. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 349 694 5950 (b) 349 694 595 (c) 349 699 45950 (d) 346 994 5950
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Lazy Funny (b) Sing Rani Lazy Funny (c) Funny Lazy Sing Rani (d) Sing Lazy Funny Rani
33. 33.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 836938701184. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8369 8701 184 (b) 8396 3870 1184 (c) 8369 3870 11184 (d) 8369 3870 1184
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat (c) Cook Eat Pigs Crazy (d) Eat Cook Pigs Crazy
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Crazy Every (b) Crazy Every Play Crazy (c) Every Crazy Crazy Play (d) Every Crazy Play Crazy
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wins Silly (b) Wins Silly Grab (c) Wins Grab Silly (d) Silly Wins Grab

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