Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 545 · 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 chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
3. 3.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, monkey, apple, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MANK (b) MKAN (c) KMAN (d) NAMK
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Frogs Mum Ants (b) Ants Mum Frogs Jump (c) Frogs Jump Mum Ants (d) Frogs Mum Ants Jump
6. 6.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 7312148918. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 733 121 48918 (b) 731 248 918 (c) 731 214 8918 (d) 731 214 8981
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 7507613120. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 750 761 31120 (b) 757 061 3120 (c) 757 613 120 (d) 750 761 3120
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, candle, ladder, duck, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MCLDF (b) FDLCM (c) CLDFM (d) CMLDF
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
13. 13.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, bucket, orange? (a) Up Big Only (b) Big Only Up (c) Big Up Only (d) Only Big Up
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, candle, monkey? (a) Cats Jeeps Mice (b) Jeeps Cats Mice (c) Mice Cats Jeeps (d) Cats Mice Jeeps
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, tent, pencil, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTPR (b) TBPR (c) TPRB (d) RPTB
17. 17.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.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
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, duck, spoon? (a) Vines Dad Sing (b) Dad Vines Sing (c) Dad Sing Vines (d) Sing Dad Vines
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, tomato, jug, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FJTU (b) TJFU (c) TUJF (d) UTJF
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, jeep, watch? (a) Wins Jeeps Inside (b) Jeeps Wins Inside (c) Jeeps Inside Wins (d) Inside Jeeps Wins
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 5796807098. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 579 680 709 (b) 579 680 7098 (c) 579 680 7908 (d) 579 680 07098
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, jeep, pencil, shoe, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WJPST (b) JWPST (c) JPSTW (d) TSPJW
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
30. 30.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Lions Frogs (b) Seven Red Lions Frogs (c) Frogs Lions Seven Red (d) Seven Lions Frogs Red
32. 32.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 531518543957. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5315 8154 3957 (b) 5315 1854 33957 (c) 5315 1854 3957 (d) 5315 1843 957
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, violin, ant, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VNAW (b) WAVN (c) NVAW (d) VAWN
35. 35.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 604417677861. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6044 1776 7861 (b) 6044 1767 861 (c) 6044 1767 78611 (d) 6044 1767 7861
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, frog, parrot? (a) Play Frogs Tea (b) Frogs Play Tea (c) Tea Frogs Play (d) Frogs Tea Play
39. 39.🔤 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
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 760312623. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 670 312 623 (b) 760 312 63 (c) 760 312 6223 (d) 760 312 623

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