Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 479 · 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.🧰 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
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Silly (b) Silly Wise Goats (c) Wise Silly Goats (d) Goats Wise Silly
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ladder, drum, frog, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LWDFB (b) LDFBW (c) WLDFB (d) BFDLW
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, ball, cat? (a) Bunny Crazy Dad (b) Dad Bunny Crazy (c) Crazy Bunny Dad (d) Bunny Dad Crazy
7. 7.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 190040897. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 190 040 897 (b) 190 004 897 (c) 190 040 8977 (d) 190 008 97
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 412171967200. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4122 1719 67200 (b) 4117 1967 200 (c) 4121 7196 7200 (d) 4211 7196 7200
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 458122069022. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4581 2206 9022 (b) 4512 2069 022 (c) 4581 2206 90222 (d) 4581 2260 9022
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Grab (b) Grab Wins Seven (c) Wins Grab Seven (d) Wins Seven Grab
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, kettle, glass? (a) Kites Goats Play (b) Play Kites Goats (c) Goats Kites Play (d) Kites Play Goats
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
17. 17.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, vase, watch? (a) Wet Vans Fly (b) Vans Wet Fly (c) Fly Vans Wet (d) Vans Fly Wet
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 5481315759. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 544 813 15759 (b) 548 131 5759 (c) 541 831 5759 (d) 548 315 759
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, pencil, net, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SPNC (b) PNCS (c) CNPS (d) PSNC
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, lemon, ball, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALBP (b) PBLA (c) LBPA (d) LABP
23. 23.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Love Funny (b) Seven Love Funny Rani (c) Funny Love Seven Rani (d) Rani Seven Love Funny
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
28. 28.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 204434756. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 204 434 756 (b) 204 434 4756 (c) 204 434 75 (d) 204 344 756
32. 32.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 8375295722. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 883 752 95722 (b) 837 529 5722 (c) 875 295 722 (d) 837 529 5272
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Cook Every (b) Every Cook Cook Play (c) Cook Every Play Cook (d) Every Cook Play Cook
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 1356144708. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 135 614 708 (b) 135 614 44708 (c) 135 614 4708 (d) 135 614 7408
36. 36.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, lamp, violin, kettle, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVKJG (b) JKVLG (c) GLVKJ (d) LGVKJ
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
39. 39.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 8886845148. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 888 684 5148 (b) 886 845 148 (c) 888 684 51448 (d) 888 864 5148

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