Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 395 · 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) Lazy Every Pigs Aunty (b) Lazy Pigs Aunty Every (c) Every Lazy Pigs Aunty (d) Aunty Pigs Lazy Every
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
4. 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, needle, goat? (a) Goats Nani Aunty (b) Nani Goats Aunty (c) Nani Aunty Goats (d) Aunty Nani Goats
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 5656046808. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 565 604 66808 (b) 565 604 608 (c) 655 604 6808 (d) 565 604 6808
8. 8.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 9306767202. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 930 676 702 (b) 930 676 7202 (c) 930 676 77202 (d) 930 667 7202
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, banana, van? (a) Big Neat Vans (b) Neat Big Vans (c) Big Vans Neat (d) Vans Big Neat
14. 14.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 520835783. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 520 883 5783 (b) 520 385 783 (c) 520 835 783 (d) 520 857 83
17. 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 423078903518. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4223 0789 03518 (b) 2430 7890 3518 (c) 4230 7890 351 (d) 4230 7890 3518
19. 19.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 459397703424. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4599 3977 03424 (b) 4593 9707 3424 (c) 4593 9703 424 (d) 4593 9770 3424
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wise Neat (b) Neat Eat Sing Wise (c) Eat Neat Sing Wise (d) Wise Sing Eat Neat
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 9338378792. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 933 837 87792 (b) 933 837 8792 (c) 933 387 8792 (d) 338 378 792
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
28. 28.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 100891410904. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1008 9141 0904 (b) 1009 1410 904 (c) 0108 9141 0904 (d) 1008 8914 10904
30. 30.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, rose, jug, spoon, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFJSI (b) RJSIF (c) FRJSI (d) ISJRF
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 260249081038. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2602 4990 81038 (b) 2604 9081 038 (c) 2602 4908 1038 (d) 2602 4908 0138
33. 33.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eight (c) Eight Crazy Crazy Pigs (d) Eight Crazy Pigs Crazy
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, ball, drum, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDBU (b) UBDK (c) BDKU (d) BUDK
36. 36.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Sing (b) Wise Sing Goats (c) Wise Goats Sing (d) Sing Wise Goats
38. 38.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Seven (b) Seven Wise Green (c) Wise Green Seven (d) Wise Seven Green

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