Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 518 · 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.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mice Ants Jump (b) Ants Mice Funny Jump (c) Jump Funny Mice Ants (d) Funny Jump Mice Ants
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 3919175461. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 391 917 5461 (b) 391 911 75461 (c) 391 917 461 (d) 391 917 5641
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Silly Wise (b) Eight Silly Wise Nani (c) Nani Eight Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Eight Nani
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lazy Frogs Runs (b) Runs Sing Lazy Frogs (c) Frogs Lazy Sing Runs (d) Sing Runs Lazy Frogs
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, urn, ball? (a) Bunny Up Cats (b) Up Cats Bunny (c) Cats Up Bunny (d) Up Bunny Cats
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
11. 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, fan, needle? (a) Sing Funny Nine (b) Funny Nine Sing (c) Funny Sing Nine (d) Nine Funny Sing
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, kettle, duck? (a) Nine Kites Dance (b) Kites Nine Dance (c) Dance Kites Nine (d) Kites Dance Nine
14. 14.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, ball, wallet? (a) Big Aunty Wet (b) Big Wet Aunty (c) Wet Big Aunty (d) Aunty Big Wet
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 3518687042. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 318 687 042 (b) 351 868 0742 (c) 351 868 7042 (d) 351 868 87042
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
19. 19.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 572867361133. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5728 6736 11333 (b) 5726 8736 1133 (c) 5786 7361 133 (d) 5728 6736 1133
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Pink All (b) All Pink Lions Eight (c) Lions Pink All Eight (d) Eight Lions Pink All
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mice Aunty Jump (b) Jump Funny Mice Aunty (c) Funny Jump Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Mice Funny Jump
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 849319117113. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8493 1191 17113 (b) 8431 9117 113 (c) 8943 1911 7113 (d) 8493 1911 7113
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, anchor, bucket, ice cream, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ARBID (b) ABIDR (c) DIBAR (d) RABID
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
28. 28.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, parrot, cat? (a) Pink Bunny Cook (b) Pink Cook Bunny (c) Bunny Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Bunny
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, pillow, candle? (a) Cats Pink Nani (b) Pink Nani Cats (c) Pink Cats Nani (d) Nani Pink Cats
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, wallet, orange, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOWN (b) WNOK (c) NWOK (d) WOKN
33. 33.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, vase, jeep, goat, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKJGN (b) VJGNK (c) NGJVK (d) KVJGN
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym

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