Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 622 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Pink Aunty (b) Eight Love Pink Aunty (c) Aunty Pink Love Eight (d) Love Pink Aunty Eight
2. 2.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 9387591064. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 938 759 1604 (b) 938 759 1064 (c) 938 759 106 (d) 993 875 91064
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump My Ants (b) Ants My Funny Jump (c) Funny My Ants Jump (d) Jump Funny My Ants
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
7. 7.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 688011824129. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6880 1182 24129 (b) 6880 1812 4129 (c) 6880 1182 4129 (d) 6881 1824 129
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, apple, flute? (a) All Red Funny (b) All Funny Red (c) Red All Funny (d) Funny All Red
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 8874592832. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 887 459 283 (b) 887 459 2832 (c) 887 459 22832 (d) 887 549 2832
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 3678118643. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 367 181 8643 (b) 368 118 643 (c) 367 781 18643 (d) 367 811 8643
17. 17.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
20. 20.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, apple, cat? (a) Crazy Ants Big (b) Ants Big Crazy (c) Ants Crazy Big (d) Big Ants Crazy
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, radio, onion, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ROCB (b) CORB (c) RBOC (d) BROC
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 8988290409. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 898 829 0409 (b) 898 829 0490 (c) 898 829 04009 (d) 898 829 409
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, radio, banana? (a) Runs Bunny Pigs (b) Runs Pigs Bunny (c) Pigs Runs Bunny (d) Bunny Runs Pigs
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, doll, urn, vase, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUVAC (b) AVUDC (c) DCUVA (d) CDUVA
27. 27.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, fan, lamp, urn, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFLUN (b) FTLUN (c) FLUNT (d) NULFT
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 100422548. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 100 442 2548 (b) 100 422 58 (c) 100 425 248 (d) 100 422 548
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Grab (b) Grab Wins Sing (c) Wins Grab Sing (d) Sing Wins Grab
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, frog, shoe, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSPL (b) PSFL (c) LFSP (d) FLSP
32. 32.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wise Nani (b) Nani Eat Sing Wise (c) Eat Nani Sing Wise (d) Wise Sing Eat Nani
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, parrot, ant? (a) Pigs Toys All (b) Toys Pigs All (c) All Pigs Toys (d) Pigs All Toys
35. 35.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 946225711161. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9462 2571 11661 (b) 9462 2571 111 (c) 4962 2571 1161 (d) 9462 2571 1161
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, pillow, monkey, kettle, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWMKF (b) PMKFW (c) FKMPW (d) WPMKF
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, ball, coconut, monkey, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCMNK (b) NMCBK (c) KBCMN (d) BKCMN
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, tiger, apple? (a) All Tea Rani (b) Tea All Rani (c) Tea Rani All (d) Rani Tea All

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