Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 489 · 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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, banana, apple? (a) Red Bunny Ants (b) Bunny Red Ants (c) Ants Bunny Red (d) Bunny Ants Red
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (b) Eight Cats Pink Crazy (c) Cats Eight Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Cats Eight
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, monkey, goat? (a) My Green Cats (b) Green My Cats (c) My Cats Green (d) Cats My Green
7. 7.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 633741766. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 633 741 676 (b) 633 741 1766 (c) 633 741 66 (d) 633 741 766
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 6360413031. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 636 041 13031 (b) 636 041 3031 (c) 636 041 303 (d) 636 041 3013
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, bucket, apple? (a) Aunty Bunny My (b) My Bunny Aunty (c) Bunny My Aunty (d) Bunny Aunty My
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 7800006503. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 870 000 6503 (b) 780 000 6503 (c) 780 000 653 (d) 780 000 65003
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Love Frogs (b) Sing Runs Love Frogs (c) Sing Love Frogs Runs (d) Frogs Love Sing Runs
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 909729225. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 909 729 225 (b) 909 292 25 (c) 909 722 925 (d) 909 729 2225
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 223286828652. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2232 8682 852 (b) 2232 6882 8652 (c) 2232 8682 86652 (d) 2232 8682 8652
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, guava, cat? (a) Uncle Grab Crazy (b) Grab Uncle Crazy (c) Grab Crazy Uncle (d) Crazy Grab Uncle
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, pencil, coconut, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUCT (b) UPCT (c) TCPU (d) PCTU
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, igloo, pencil? (a) Ice Pink Bakes (b) Pink Ice Bakes (c) Bakes Ice Pink (d) Ice Bakes Pink
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 165999601. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 165 999 601 (b) 615 999 601 (c) 165 999 9601 (d) 159 996 01
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 104695880. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 104 469 5880 (b) 104 695 880 (c) 104 698 80 (d) 106 495 880
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, spoon, pillow? (a) Tiny Sing Play (b) Sing Play Tiny (c) Play Sing Tiny (d) Sing Tiny Play
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 8641172298. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 866 411 72298 (b) 684 117 2298 (c) 864 117 2298 (d) 641 172 298
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, mango, radio? (a) Mice Inside Rani (b) Inside Mice Rani (c) Rani Mice Inside (d) Mice Rani Inside
28. 28.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 4887791747. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 488 779 747 (b) 488 777 91747 (c) 488 779 1747 (d) 487 879 1747
30. 30.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
34. 34.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, monkey, igloo, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OIMW (b) MIOW (c) MWIO (d) WMIO
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
38. 38.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme

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