Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 416 · 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 steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Play Cats (b) Eight Cook Play Cats (c) Cats Play Cook Eight (d) Cook Play Cats Eight
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, apple, needle, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANOC (b) CANO (c) ACNO (d) ONAC
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 614158667. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 611 586 67 (b) 614 158 6667 (c) 611 458 667 (d) 614 158 667
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, sock, kite, doll, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSKDL (b) LDKSM (c) SKDLM (d) SMKDL
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
12. 12.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, anchor, sock? (a) Ants Wise Seven (b) Ants Seven Wise (c) Seven Ants Wise (d) Wise Ants Seven
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 712888188074. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7128 8818 8074 (b) 7128 8818 8704 (c) 7712 8881 88074 (d) 7128 8818 804
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, goat, candle, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GACR (b) AGCR (c) RCGA (d) GCRA
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, mirror, parrot, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KPMV (b) VMPK (c) MVPK (d) MPKV
17. 17.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, guava, needle, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MNGP (b) GNMP (c) PGNM (d) GPNM
21. 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, tomato, umbrella, candle, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUCKS (b) TSUCK (c) STUCK (d) KCUTS
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 803505513075. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8035 0551 30075 (b) 8350 5513 075 (c) 8035 0551 3075 (d) 8030 5551 3075
24. 24.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, fan, coconut, glass, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRCGM (b) RFCGM (c) FCGMR (d) MGCFR
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, spoon, apple, jeep, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KSAJL (b) LJASK (c) SAJLK (d) SKAJL
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 610591792983. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6105 9179 2983 (b) 6105 9179 29833 (c) 6159 1792 983 (d) 1605 9179 2983
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, wallet, bucket? (a) Frogs Wise Big (b) Big Wise Frogs (c) Wise Big Frogs (d) Wise Frogs Big
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Silly (b) Silly Wise Grab (c) Wise Silly Grab (d) Wise Grab Silly
31. 31.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, shoe, umbrella, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSUR (b) SGUR (c) RUSG (d) SURG
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 1106747327. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 110 674 327 (b) 110 674 7327 (c) 110 667 47327 (d) 116 074 7327
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, rose, goat, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RTGV (b) VGRT (c) TRGV (d) RGVT
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 1681504736. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 168 150 4736 (b) 168 150 4763 (c) 168 150 473 (d) 168 150 47736
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (b) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (c) Eight Cats Pink Crazy (d) Cats Eight Pink Crazy
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 883150978470. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8315 0978 470 (b) 8831 5509 78470 (c) 8831 5097 8470 (d) 8813 5097 8470
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, key, ladder? (a) Lazy Kind My (b) Kind Lazy My (c) My Kind Lazy (d) Kind My Lazy

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