Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 625 · 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: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, lemon, parrot? (a) Pink Lazy Neat (b) Lazy Pink Neat (c) Neat Lazy Pink (d) Lazy Neat Pink
3. 3.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, ball, ice cream? (a) Bakes Ice Vines (b) Bakes Vines Ice (c) Vines Bakes Ice (d) Ice Bakes Vines
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 3477256233. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 347 725 2633 (b) 347 725 633 (c) 347 725 6233 (d) 347 725 66233
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lions Every (b) Lions Every Play Aunty (c) Every Lions Play Aunty (d) Lions Play Aunty Every
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 2636221998. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 263 622 9198 (b) 266 362 21998 (c) 263 622 1998 (d) 263 622 199
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, jug, watch, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JIWR (b) JWRI (c) RWJI (d) IJWR
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 570675574903. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5706 7554 7903 (b) 5706 7755 74903 (c) 5706 7554 903 (d) 5706 7557 4903
15. 15.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lazy Frogs (b) Frogs Lazy Seven Runs (c) Seven Lazy Frogs Runs (d) Runs Seven Lazy Frogs
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, ice cream, glass? (a) Grab Ink Mice (b) Ink Grab Mice (c) Ink Mice Grab (d) Mice Ink Grab
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 3019421200. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 301 942 11200 (b) 301 942 1200 (c) 301 942 200 (d) 031 942 1200
23. 23.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 939963014058. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9399 6301 4058 (b) 9396 9301 4058 (c) 9396 3014 058 (d) 9399 9630 14058
26. 26.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 787306387. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 873 063 87 (b) 787 306 387 (c) 778 306 387 (d) 787 300 6387
30. 30.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, shoe, vase? (a) Vans Seven Rani (b) Seven Vans Rani (c) Rani Seven Vans (d) Seven Rani Vans
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, rope, banana? (a) Rani Bakes Jump (b) Jump Rani Bakes (c) Bakes Rani Jump (d) Rani Jump Bakes
33. 33.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, fan, ice cream, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIMD (b) FDIM (c) DFIM (d) MIFD
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, ball, glass? (a) Big Goats Vines (b) Vines Big Goats (c) Big Vines Goats (d) Goats Big Vines
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.🧰 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
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 9382966920. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 938 296 6920 (b) 938 296 69220 (c) 938 296 620 (d) 932 896 6920
40. 40.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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