Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 532 · 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: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 2616503832. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 216 503 832 (b) 261 665 03832 (c) 261 650 3832 (d) 261 653 0832
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 892707537. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 892 770 537 (b) 892 770 7537 (c) 892 707 537 (d) 892 705 37
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Play Lions Eight (b) Lions Eight Play All (c) Lions Play All Eight (d) Eight Lions Play All
11. 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 461155853. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 461 158 53 (b) 461 155 8553 (c) 461 155 583 (d) 461 155 853
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 339226174. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 339 226 174 (b) 332 261 74 (c) 339 226 714 (d) 339 222 6174
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Silly (b) Goats Wet Silly (c) Silly Wet Goats (d) Wet Silly Goats
20. 20.🔤 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
21. 21.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, spoon, coconut, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SNCO (b) SCON (c) OCSN (d) NSCO
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 130205454125. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1302 0545 4125 (b) 1302 0544 5125 (c) 1302 0545 415 (d) 1302 0545 41255
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Seven (b) Wins Goats Seven (c) Wins Seven Goats (d) Seven Wins Goats
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 1102559595. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 110 255 9955 (b) 110 559 595 (c) 110 255 9595 (d) 111 025 59595
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
32. 32.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 3112353438. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 235 3348 (b) 331 123 53438 (c) 311 233 438 (d) 311 235 3438
34. 34.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 317920011. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 331 792 0011 (b) 317 290 011 (c) 317 200 11 (d) 317 920 011
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 8731642871. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 783 164 2871 (b) 873 164 287 (c) 887 316 42871 (d) 873 164 2871
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cook Eat (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eat (c) Cook Eat Pink Crazy (d) Eat Cook Pink Crazy
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 229893234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 229 893 2334 (b) 298 932 34 (c) 229 893 234 (d) 292 893 234
39. 39.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Fly My Ants (b) Fly My Ants Jump (c) Ants My Fly Jump (d) Fly Jump My Ants

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