Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 485 · 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.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, ladder, goat? (a) Old Lazy Goats (b) Goats Lazy Old (c) Lazy Old Goats (d) Lazy Goats Old
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
4. 4.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, flute, bucket, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSBI (b) FBIS (c) IBFS (d) SFBI
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, key, ant? (a) Runs Kites Aunty (b) Aunty Kites Runs (c) Kites Aunty Runs (d) Kites Runs Aunty
7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Seven Wins Goats (c) Goats Wins Seven (d) Wins Goats Seven
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, needle, onion, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JONM (b) NOJM (c) MNOJ (d) NMOJ
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Eight (b) Cook Pink Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Pink Cook (d) Cats Eight Pink Cook
12. 12.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 2866051530. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 826 605 1530 (b) 866 051 530 (c) 286 605 1530 (d) 286 660 51530
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
16. 16.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, ice cream, ball? (a) Tea Ink Big (b) Ink Tea Big (c) Big Ink Tea (d) Ink Big Tea
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, orange, needle? (a) Owls Nine Jump (b) Jump Owls Nine (c) Nine Owls Jump (d) Owls Jump Nine
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, candle, ball? (a) Vans Crazy Bunny (b) Crazy Bunny Vans (c) Crazy Vans Bunny (d) Bunny Crazy Vans
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, kettle, pillow? (a) Kids Play Neat (b) Play Kids Neat (c) Neat Kids Play (d) Kids Neat Play
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, mango, apple? (a) Ants Mice Tiny (b) Mice Ants Tiny (c) Tiny Mice Ants (d) Mice Tiny Ants
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink Ants Every (b) Every Love Pink Ants (c) Ants Pink Love Every (d) Love Every Pink Ants
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) APLE
30. 30.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
31. 31.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Frogs Jeeps (b) Frogs Mum Aunty Jeeps (c) Frogs Jeeps Mum Aunty (d) Jeeps Frogs Mum Aunty
35. 35.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, candle, umpire, tiger, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTUCO (b) OCUTN (c) COUTN (d) CUTNO
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 495323920264. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4953 2339 20264 (b) 4953 2920 264 (c) 4953 2392 0264 (d) 4953 2392 0246

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