Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 438 · 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) Eat Cats Play Cats (b) Cats Eat Play Cats (c) Cats Play Cats Eat (d) Eat Cats Cats Play
2. 2.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 855842886074. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8558 4288 6074 (b) 8558 4288 6047 (c) 5584 2886 074 (d) 8558 4288 86074
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, onion, jeep? (a) Only Jolly Tiny (b) Only Tiny Jolly (c) Tiny Only Jolly (d) Jolly Only Tiny
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, igloo, parrot, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DIPV (b) IDPV (c) VPID (d) IPVD
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, needle, glass? (a) Neat Green Crazy (b) Neat Crazy Green (c) Crazy Neat Green (d) Green Neat Crazy
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
16. 16.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
18. 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Frogs Rani (b) Seven Rani Lazy Frogs (c) Frogs Lazy Seven Rani (d) Rani Seven Lazy Frogs
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Red Love Frogs (b) Frogs Love Sing Red (c) Red Sing Love Frogs (d) Sing Love Frogs Red
23. 23.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, umbrella, ball, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JUBG (b) UBGJ (c) GBUJ (d) UJBG
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 551403031142. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5510 4303 1142 (b) 5551 4030 31142 (c) 5514 0303 1142 (d) 5514 0331 142
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
27. 27.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
32. 32.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 475028598. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 450 285 98 (b) 447 502 8598 (c) 457 028 598 (d) 475 028 598
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 803715613401. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8033 7156 13401 (b) 8037 1561 3401 (c) 8371 5613 401 (d) 8037 1561 4301
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 388008269690. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3880 0822 69690 (b) 3880 0826 9690 (c) 3880 0862 9690 (d) 3880 0826 690
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 6095152833. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 605 915 2833 (b) 609 951 52833 (c) 609 515 2833 (d) 605 152 833
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 463053583283. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4630 5358 3283 (b) 4635 3583 283 (c) 4630 0535 83283 (d) 4630 5358 3823
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 5611615784. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 561 161 7584 (b) 561 161 5784 (c) 611 615 784 (d) 561 161 15784
39. 39.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 3906113929. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 390 613 1929 (b) 390 611 39229 (c) 390 611 929 (d) 390 611 3929

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