Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 443 · 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: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Play Ants (b) Ants Play Love Eight (c) Eight Love Play Ants (d) Love Play Ants Eight
4. 4.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump My All (b) Frogs My All Jump (c) All My Frogs Jump (d) Jump Frogs My All
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 626658083. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 662 665 8083 (b) 626 568 083 (c) 626 580 83 (d) 626 658 083
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Sing (b) Wet Sing Green (c) Sing Wet Green (d) Green Wet Sing
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 5620558735. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 562 055 58735 (b) 562 055 8735 (c) 562 055 7835 (d) 562 055 873
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink Ants Every (b) Lazy Every Pink Ants (c) Every Lazy Pink Ants (d) Ants Pink Lazy Every
21. 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
22. 22.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, nest, mirror? (a) Nine Love Mum (b) Love Nine Mum (c) Mum Nine Love (d) Nine Mum Love
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, coconut, tent, mirror, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTMNU (b) UCTMN (c) NMTCU (d) CUTMN
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, wallet, radio, urn, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JURWO (b) WRUJO (c) WORUJ (d) OWRUJ
30. 30.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, tomato, ice cream? (a) Toys Ice Pigs (b) Toys Pigs Ice (c) Pigs Toys Ice (d) Ice Toys Pigs
32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 4714773144. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 471 747 3144 (b) 471 477 3144 (c) 471 477 33144 (d) 414 773 144
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
35. 35.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, igloo, cat, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCIU (b) UICO (c) ICOU (d) IUCO
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, shoe, jug? (a) Jump Silly Big (b) Silly Big Jump (c) Silly Jump Big (d) Big Silly Jump
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, anchor, kite? (a) Ants Red Kites (b) Kites Ants Red (c) Ants Kites Red (d) Red Ants Kites
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 734338155. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 733 438 155 (b) 734 338 1555 (c) 734 381 55 (d) 734 338 155
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym

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