Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 390 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, monkey, net, watch, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MNWTU (b) UMNWT (c) TWNMU (d) MUNWT
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Crazy Pigs (b) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eat (c) Eat Crazy Pigs Crazy (d) Crazy Eat Pigs Crazy
3. 3.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
4. 4.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 860726160. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 866 072 6160 (b) 860 726 160 (c) 607 261 60 (d) 680 726 160
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Play Cats (b) Cats Play Cats Eat (c) Eat Cats Cats Play (d) Eat Cats Play Cats
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, ladder, bucket? (a) Lazy Mum Big (b) Mum Lazy Big (c) Big Lazy Mum (d) Lazy Big Mum
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 185531470. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 185 531 40 (b) 185 533 1470 (c) 185 531 470 (d) 185 531 740
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
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) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, anchor, ice cream? (a) Ink Aunty Up (b) Aunty Ink Up (c) Aunty Up Ink (d) Up Aunty Ink
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 925337979. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 925 333 7979 (b) 953 379 79 (c) 925 337 979 (d) 925 373 979
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, ball, ice cream? (a) Inside Bunny Kind (b) Bunny Kind Inside (c) Bunny Inside Kind (d) Kind Bunny Inside
24. 24.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Green (b) Green Wins Sing (c) Sing Wins Green (d) Wins Green Sing
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 202599059592. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2025 9905 59592 (b) 2025 9905 9592 (c) 2025 9905 992 (d) 2052 9905 9592
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, flute, drum, sock, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDSIB (b) ISDFB (c) BFDSI (d) FBDSI
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, glass, whistle? (a) Goats Lions Wet (b) Goats Wet Lions (c) Wet Goats Lions (d) Lions Goats Wet
29. 29.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Fly Mum All (b) All Mum Fly Jump (c) Fly Jump Mum All (d) Fly Mum All Jump
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, goat, lamp? (a) Nine Green Lions (b) Lions Green Nine (c) Green Nine Lions (d) Green Lions Nine
35. 35.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eight (b) Eight Crazy Play Cats (c) Crazy Eight Play Cats (d) Crazy Play Cats Eight
39. 39.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
40. 40.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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