Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 386 · 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) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
3. 3.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, watch, onion, glass, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGOWF (b) WOGDF (c) FWOGD (d) WFOGD
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Aunty Every (b) Lazy Every Play Aunty (c) Aunty Play Lazy Every (d) Every Lazy Play Aunty
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, violin, fan? (a) Very Funny Green (b) Funny Very Green (c) Very Green Funny (d) Green Very Funny
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
14. 14.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, kite, needle, ladder, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLNKW (b) KWNLB (c) KNLBW (d) WKNLB
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 3808522878. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 380 852 28778 (b) 380 852 2878 (c) 380 852 8278 (d) 308 522 878
19. 19.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, sock, mirror? (a) My Silly Cook (b) Cook Silly My (c) Silly Cook My (d) Silly My Cook
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 5303485339. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 350 348 5339 (b) 530 385 339 (c) 530 348 5339 (d) 530 348 53339
23. 23.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lions Seven Red (b) Red Seven Lions Funny (c) Seven Red Lions Funny (d) Seven Lions Funny Red
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 694401312173. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6944 0131 2173 (b) 6944 0131 22173 (c) 6944 0132 1173 (d) 6944 0312 173
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, drum, orange? (a) Dogs Bakes Old (b) Bakes Dogs Old (c) Dogs Old Bakes (d) Old Dogs Bakes
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, lemon, kite, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WLKI (b) LKIW (c) IKLW (d) LWKI
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 984400771. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 984 400 7771 (b) 844 007 71 (c) 984 400 771 (d) 984 400 717
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, sock, guava, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSGR (b) SGRD (c) RGSD (d) SDGR
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, jalebi, ladder? (a) Lazy Jump Ink (b) Ink Jump Lazy (c) Jump Ink Lazy (d) Jump Lazy Ink
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, violin, pencil, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) APVL (b) LVPA (c) VLPA (d) VPAL
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, wallet, jeep, key, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNJKU (b) NWJKU (c) UKJWN (d) WJKUN
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, vase, inkpot, onion, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VIOJC (b) VCIOJ (c) JOIVC (d) CVIOJ
37. 37.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
39. 39.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, apple, banana? (a) Bakes Aunty Toys (b) Aunty Toys Bakes (c) Toys Aunty Bakes (d) Aunty Bakes Toys

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