Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 45 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, ball, doll? (a) Bakes Wise Dad (b) Bakes Dad Wise (c) Wise Bakes Dad (d) Dad Bakes Wise
5. 5.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 612291124. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 612 911 24 (b) 612 921 124 (c) 612 291 124 (d) 612 229 1124
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Love Pigs All (b) Love Pigs All Eat (c) All Pigs Love Eat (d) Love Eat Pigs All
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Silly Lazy Funny (b) Funny Lazy Silly Rani (c) Silly Lazy Funny Rani (d) Silly Rani Lazy Funny
9. 9.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 8321635202. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 832 163 520 (b) 832 163 2502 (c) 832 216 35202 (d) 832 163 5202
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, violin, coconut, flute, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFCVL (b) VLCFG (c) VCFGL (d) LVCFG
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
13. 13.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, rope, ice cream, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMIG (b) GIRM (c) RIGM (d) MRIG
16. 16.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 4861360266. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 486 136 0266 (b) 486 136 026 (c) 486 316 0266 (d) 448 613 60266
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Goats (b) Goats Wise Silly (c) Wise Goats Silly (d) Silly Wise Goats
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 530020494. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 530 022 0494 (b) 530 020 494 (c) 530 024 094 (d) 300 204 94
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
22. 22.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, rope, banana? (a) Runs Jolly Bunny (b) Runs Bunny Jolly (c) Bunny Runs Jolly (d) Jolly Runs Bunny
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Every Silly Wise (b) Every Silly Wise Neat (c) Wise Silly Every Neat (d) Every Neat Silly Wise
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, mango, coconut, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MCVU (b) MUCV (c) VCMU (d) UMCV
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Love Funny Runs (b) Funny Love Seven Runs (c) Runs Seven Love Funny (d) Seven Runs Love Funny
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, duck, bucket? (a) Pink Dance Bakes (b) Bakes Dance Pink (c) Dance Bakes Pink (d) Dance Pink Bakes
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) chunking
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pigs Cats (b) Cats Pigs Cats Every (c) Every Cats Pigs Cats (d) Every Cats Cats Pigs
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 2105334800. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 210 533 4800 (b) 210 334 800 (c) 221 053 34800 (d) 120 533 4800
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
34. 34.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, ant, ice cream, ladder, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AILWF (b) AFILW (c) WLIAF (d) FAILW
37. 37.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Fly Rani (b) Fly Lazy Seven Rani (c) Rani Seven Lazy Fly (d) Seven Rani Lazy Fly
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 621799132059. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6221 7991 32059 (b) 6219 7913 2059 (c) 6217 9913 2059 (d) 6217 9932 059
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Seven Eat Neat (b) Eat Neat Seven Wins (c) Neat Eat Seven Wins (d) Eat Seven Wins Neat

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