Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 487 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Silly Wins (b) Wins Silly Every Nani (c) Every Silly Wins Nani (d) Nani Every Silly Wins
2. 2.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, igloo, key, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OIKV (b) IKVO (c) IOKV (d) VKIO
4. 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 337328368068. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3373 8236 8068 (b) 3373 2836 68068 (c) 3373 2836 8068 (d) 3332 8368 068
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, igloo, spoon, rose, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRSIA (b) ISRGA (c) AISRG (d) IASRG
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 9956141624. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 995 614 1624 (b) 995 641 624 (c) 959 614 1624 (d) 995 614 16244
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 200212684. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 122 684 (b) 200 212 684 (c) 200 212 84 (d) 200 021 2684
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, tent, watch? (a) Toys Uncle Wise (b) Toys Wise Uncle (c) Wise Toys Uncle (d) Uncle Toys Wise
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, onion, banana? (a) Owls Pigs Big (b) Owls Big Pigs (c) Big Owls Pigs (d) Pigs Owls Big
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Seven Eat Nine (b) Eat Seven Wins Nine (c) Nine Eat Seven Wins (d) Eat Nine Seven Wins
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eight Seven Wins (b) Wins Seven Eight Nani (c) Eight Seven Wins Nani (d) Eight Nani Seven Wins
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 3653631200. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 353 631 200 (b) 363 563 1200 (c) 365 536 31200 (d) 365 363 1200
18. 18.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 937002940832. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9377 0029 40832 (b) 9370 0294 0832 (c) 9370 2940 832 (d) 9307 0294 0832
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 184368223241. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1884 3682 23241 (b) 1843 6822 3214 (c) 1843 6822 3241 (d) 1846 8223 241
22. 22.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, bucket, needle, frog, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBNFS (b) SFNBC (c) BCNFS (d) BNFSC
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) ELPA
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Green (b) Green Wins Silly (c) Silly Wins Green (d) Wins Green Silly
28. 28.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 534534296. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 534 533 4296 (b) 535 342 96 (c) 535 434 296 (d) 534 534 296
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, glass, key, mango, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGKMR (b) GTKMR (c) GKMRT (d) RMKGT
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, violin, rose? (a) Ink Vans Red (b) Red Vans Ink (c) Vans Red Ink (d) Vans Ink Red
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 994215521. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 949 215 521 (b) 994 215 521 (c) 994 255 21 (d) 994 221 5521
35. 35.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, net, orange? (a) Nani Old Ice (b) Ice Nani Old (c) Nani Ice Old (d) Old Nani Ice
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 718179944400. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7181 7994 4400 (b) 7817 9944 400 (c) 7181 7994 4040 (d) 7118 1799 44400
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, flute, jug, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJFS (b) FJLS (c) FSJL (d) SFJL
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pink Crazy (b) Eat Cook Pink Crazy (c) Cook Pink Crazy Eat (d) Crazy Pink Cook Eat
40. 40.🧰 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

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