Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 421 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, duck, frog? (a) Dogs Funny Inside (b) Dogs Inside Funny (c) Funny Dogs Inside (d) Inside Dogs Funny
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, bucket, jalebi? (a) Big Jeeps Rani (b) Jeeps Big Rani (c) Rani Big Jeeps (d) Big Rani Jeeps
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, banana, inkpot, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BIUF (b) UIBF (c) FBIU (d) BFIU
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, bucket, ladder? (a) Bakes Runs Lions (b) Lions Bakes Runs (c) Bakes Lions Runs (d) Runs Bakes Lions
7. 7.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 3145727406. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 457 27406 (b) 315 727 406 (c) 314 527 7406 (d) 314 572 7406
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 2536959518. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 255 369 59518 (b) 253 695 9518 (c) 256 395 9518 (d) 536 959 518
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, lemon, coconut? (a) Lazy Crazy Kind (b) Crazy Lazy Kind (c) Kind Lazy Crazy (d) Lazy Kind Crazy
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, lemon, wallet? (a) Lions Up Wet (b) Wet Lions Up (c) Up Lions Wet (d) Lions Wet Up
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, inkpot, lamp? (a) Vines Ink Lions (b) Ink Vines Lions (c) Lions Ink Vines (d) Ink Lions Vines
22. 22.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, cat, pillow? (a) Cats Funny Pigs (b) Cats Pigs Funny (c) Pigs Cats Funny (d) Funny Cats Pigs
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, ant, umbrella? (a) Uncle Ants Cats (b) Cats Ants Uncle (c) Ants Uncle Cats (d) Ants Cats Uncle
25. 25.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Love Frogs Red (b) Frogs Love Seven Red (c) Seven Red Love Frogs (d) Red Seven Love Frogs
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 352177321624. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3521 7731 624 (b) 3521 7773 21624 (c) 3521 7731 2624 (d) 3521 7732 1624
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 6071256035. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 607 125 605 (b) 607 125 6035 (c) 067 125 6035 (d) 607 125 60335
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, duck, parrot? (a) Dad Pink Cook (b) Pink Dad Cook (c) Dad Cook Pink (d) Cook Dad Pink
35. 35.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, watch, cat, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCWP (b) PWCD (c) WPCD (d) WCDP
39. 39.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wins Green (b) Green Wins Sing (c) Wins Sing Green (d) Wins Green Sing

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