Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 40 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, umpire, inkpot? (a) Big Under Ink (b) Under Big Ink (c) Under Ink Big (d) Ink Under Big
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
4. 4.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, inkpot, ladder? (a) Inside Rani Lazy (b) Inside Lazy Rani (c) Lazy Inside Rani (d) Rani Inside Lazy
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 7087421665. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 708 742 16655 (b) 708 742 6165 (c) 707 421 665 (d) 708 742 1665
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
9. 9.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, whistle, doll, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWDL (b) LDWI (c) WDLI (d) WIDL
12. 12.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 495325748863. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4953 2574 8863 (b) 4953 2574 863 (c) 4935 2574 8863 (d) 4953 2574 88863
14. 14.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, wallet, urn, bucket, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBUWK (b) WKUBI (c) WUBIK (d) KWUBI
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 2322176414. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 322 176 414 (b) 232 217 4614 (c) 232 217 6414 (d) 233 221 76414
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 125422591. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 154 225 91 (b) 125 422 2591 (c) 125 425 291 (d) 125 422 591
19. 19.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
21. 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 7593577556. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 593 577 556 (b) 759 935 77556 (c) 579 357 7556 (d) 759 357 7556
23. 23.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 764379670460. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7643 7967 0460 (b) 7437 9670 460 (c) 7643 7967 04460 (d) 7643 9767 0460
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, guava, watch, banana, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OBWGN (b) NGWBO (c) GWBON (d) GNWBO
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, nest, mirror, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TNML (b) LMNT (c) NTML (d) NMLT
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Sing (b) Sing Wet Goats (c) Wet Sing Goats (d) Wet Goats Sing
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, tiger, net, rope, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWNRP (b) TNRPW (c) WTNRP (d) PRNTW
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 413287545931. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4132 8754 5931 (b) 4328 7545 931 (c) 4132 8775 45931 (d) 4123 8754 5931
31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
32. 32.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, tent, banana, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TNBV (b) VBTN (c) TBVN (d) NTBV
36. 36.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, sock, coconut, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SCDR (b) RSCD (c) DCSR (d) SRCD
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Pigs Cook (b) Cook Pigs Cats Eat (c) Cats Eat Pigs Cook (d) Cats Pigs Cook Eat

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