Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 399 · 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: coconut, umpire, key, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUKW (b) WKUC (c) UCKW (d) UKWC
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lazy Frogs Red (b) Red Silly Lazy Frogs (c) Silly Red Lazy Frogs (d) Frogs Lazy Silly Red
4. 4.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, needle, kettle? (a) Kind Nani Play (b) Nani Kind Play (c) Nani Play Kind (d) Play Nani Kind
7. 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 309270006. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 392 700 06 (b) 309 270 006 (c) 309 270 0006 (d) 302 970 006
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 1901838406. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 109 183 8406 (b) 190 018 38406 (c) 190 183 846 (d) 190 183 8406
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Wins Goats Seven (c) Goats Wins Seven (d) Seven Wins Goats
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, anchor, spoon, kite, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASKWG (b) AGSKW (c) GASKW (d) WKSAG
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, anchor, guava? (a) Ants Green Mice (b) Mice Ants Green (c) Ants Mice Green (d) Green Ants Mice
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, tent, whistle, jug, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWJBD (b) BJWTD (c) DTWJB (d) TDWJB
14. 14.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 344408208813. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3444 4082 08813 (b) 3444 0820 8813 (c) 3440 8208 813 (d) 3440 4820 8813
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
19. 19.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, mango, ladder? (a) Love Mice Bunny (b) Mice Love Bunny (c) Bunny Mice Love (d) Mice Bunny Love
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 772180755571. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7728 1075 5571 (b) 7721 8075 5571 (c) 7728 0755 571 (d) 7721 8075 55771
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, sock, tent? (a) Fly Sing Tiny (b) Sing Tiny Fly (c) Sing Fly Tiny (d) Tiny Sing Fly
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
28. 28.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Sing Wise (b) Nani Every Sing Wise (c) Every Sing Wise Nani (d) Wise Sing Every Nani
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, kite, ladder? (a) Lazy Kites Bunny (b) Kites Lazy Bunny (c) Bunny Kites Lazy (d) Kites Bunny Lazy
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
33. 33.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Silly Lions Frogs (b) Silly Rani Lions Frogs (c) Silly Lions Frogs Rani (d) Frogs Lions Silly Rani
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
37. 37.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 7800687565. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 800 687 565 (b) 780 068 75565 (c) 780 068 7565 (d) 780 086 7565
40. 40.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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