Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 406 · 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.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Silly (b) Goats Wins Silly (c) Silly Wins Goats (d) Wins Silly Goats
6. 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Funny Mice All (b) All Mice Funny Jeeps (c) Funny Jeeps Mice All (d) Funny Mice All Jeeps
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 148008364. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 148 008 364 (b) 148 008 36 (c) 184 008 364 (d) 148 800 8364
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Love Frogs (b) Seven Love Frogs Red (c) Red Seven Love Frogs (d) Frogs Love Seven Red
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
16. 16.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 271898252. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 271 898 252 (b) 217 898 252 (c) 718 982 52 (d) 271 898 8252
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 6399744541. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 369 974 4541 (b) 639 974 454 (c) 639 974 4541 (d) 663 997 44541
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 368051671245. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3680 5167 1425 (b) 3680 5167 1245 (c) 3668 0516 71245 (d) 3805 1671 245
25. 25.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, rose, ladder, pillow, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RULPW (b) URLPW (c) WPLRU (d) RLPWU
28. 28.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Seven (b) Wise Seven Goats (c) Wise Goats Seven (d) Seven Wise Goats
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, cat, kite, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JKCW (b) WCKJ (c) CWKJ (d) CKJW
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 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
35. 35.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — 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) Wet Silly Grab (b) Grab Wet Silly (c) Wet Grab Silly (d) Silly Wet Grab
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, shoe, flute, tent, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFTWA (b) WTFSA (c) ASFTW (d) SAFTW
40. 40.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam

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