Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 478 · 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: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
3. 3.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, orange, nest? (a) Nine Owls Vans (b) Vans Owls Nine (c) Owls Vans Nine (d) Owls Nine Vans
7. 7.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 806769026. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 806 769 026 (b) 806 790 26 (c) 807 669 026 (d) 806 769 0266
9. 9.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, banana, duck? (a) Bakes Dad Red (b) Bakes Red Dad (c) Red Bakes Dad (d) Dad Bakes Red
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 169712022. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 197 120 22 (b) 169 710 222 (c) 116 971 2022 (d) 169 712 022
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, rose, igloo, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RUIJ (b) JIRU (c) RIJU (d) URIJ
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, lamp, orange? (a) Pink Lions Old (b) Lions Old Pink (c) Old Lions Pink (d) Lions Pink Old
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
18. 18.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Every Nani (b) Every Seven Wet Nani (c) Nani Every Seven Wet (d) Every Nani Seven Wet
22. 22.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, radio, jalebi, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RUJM (b) RJMU (c) URJM (d) MJRU
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cook Eight (b) Eight Cook Pink Cook (c) Cook Eight Pink Cook (d) Eight Cook Cook Pink
25. 25.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mice Aunty Jump (b) Frogs Jump Mice Aunty (c) Jump Frogs Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Mice Frogs Jump
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, flute, tiger? (a) Tea Fly Goats (b) Goats Fly Tea (c) Fly Goats Tea (d) Fly Tea Goats
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 517937628746. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5517 9376 28746 (b) 5173 7628 746 (c) 5179 3762 8746 (d) 5173 9762 8746
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, ladder, key, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKLR (b) RLKG (c) LKGR (d) LRKG
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 5233096754. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 253 309 6754 (b) 523 096 754 (c) 552 330 96754 (d) 523 309 6754
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, apple, coconut? (a) Aunty Cook Wise (b) Cook Aunty Wise (c) Wise Aunty Cook (d) Aunty Wise Cook
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, whistle, candle? (a) Wise Crazy Owls (b) Wise Owls Crazy (c) Crazy Wise Owls (d) Owls Wise Crazy
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 3286374906. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 328 634 7906 (b) 328 637 4906 (c) 326 374 906 (d) 328 637 74906
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, violin, anchor? (a) Ants Very Bunny (b) Very Bunny Ants (c) Bunny Very Ants (d) Very Ants Bunny
40. 40.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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