Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 591 · 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 acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, net, cat? (a) Nani Silly Cats (b) Nani Cats Silly (c) Silly Nani Cats (d) Cats Nani Silly
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Cook Every (c) Every Cook Pigs Crazy (d) Cook Pigs Crazy Every
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 522052386. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 522 052 386 (b) 522 052 86 (c) 522 502 386 (d) 522 055 2386
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Pigs Ants (b) Ants Pigs Lions Every (c) Lions Pigs Ants Every (d) Every Lions Pigs Ants
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 572604425. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 572 604 4425 (b) 572 604 245 (c) 572 604 425 (d) 572 604 42
15. 15.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 497712124114. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4977 1212 4114 (b) 4977 1212 4141 (c) 4977 1212 41114 (d) 9771 2124 114
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Sing Wet Nani (b) Wet Sing Eight Nani (c) Nani Eight Sing Wet (d) Eight Nani Sing Wet
18. 18.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 107817201739. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1708 1720 1739 (b) 1078 1720 17399 (c) 1078 1720 739 (d) 1078 1720 1739
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, fan, van? (a) Vines Frogs Toys (b) Frogs Toys Vines (c) Frogs Vines Toys (d) Toys Frogs Vines
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, duck, lemon, violin, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DBLVW (b) DLVWB (c) WVLDB (d) BDLVW
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Pigs Aunty (b) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eight (c) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eight (d) Eight Lazy Pigs Aunty
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 357380208201. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3573 8020 8201 (b) 3573 8022 08201 (c) 3578 0208 201 (d) 3573 8020 8021
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 246806221. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 246 806 221 (b) 246 806 22 (c) 246 800 6221 (d) 246 860 221
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, jug, guava? (a) Jolly Goats Dogs (b) Dogs Jolly Goats (c) Goats Jolly Dogs (d) Jolly Dogs Goats
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 5787750717. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 578 775 0177 (b) 578 775 0717 (c) 587 750 717 (d) 577 877 50717
33. 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, watch, tent, flute, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFTWA (b) AWTFO (c) WATFO (d) WTFOA
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 622679876822. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6622 6798 76822 (b) 6226 9876 822 (c) 2626 7987 6822 (d) 6226 7987 6822
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a long story
37. 37.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
38. 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
40. 40.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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