Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 640 · 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: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, ball, pillow? (a) Pigs Bakes My (b) My Bakes Pigs (c) Bakes My Pigs (d) Bakes Pigs My
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, pillow, key, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGKD (b) DKPG (c) PKDG (d) GPKD
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Grab (b) Grab Wins Seven (c) Wins Seven Grab (d) Wins Grab Seven
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 1214892434. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 121 482 434 (b) 112 489 2434 (c) 121 489 2434 (d) 122 148 92434
14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
15. 15.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly My Ants (b) Fly My Ants Jolly (c) Jolly Fly My Ants (d) Ants My Fly Jolly
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, key, banana, pillow, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKBPM (b) MPBKD (c) KBPMD (d) KDBPM
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, tiger, drum, spoon, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDSJN (b) NTDSJ (c) TNDSJ (d) JSDTN
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 446386370. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 446 383 70 (b) 446 386 370 (c) 446 368 370 (d) 446 638 6370
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mice Fly Jeeps (b) Fly Jeeps Mice Aunty (c) Fly Mice Aunty Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly Mice Aunty
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Fly Jolly (b) Fly Jolly My Aunty (c) Jolly Fly My Aunty (d) Fly My Aunty Jolly
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eat Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eat (c) Eat Lazy Pigs Aunty (d) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eat
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 800080971. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 800 800 971 (b) 800 809 71 (c) 800 080 971 (d) 800 080 9971
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, coconut, ice cream, parrot, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCIPN (b) NPICD (c) CIPND (d) CDIPN
29. 29.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Aunty Jolly (b) Jolly Funny My Aunty (c) Aunty My Funny Jolly (d) Funny Jolly My Aunty
31. 31.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, doll, needle, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNDK (b) KDNG (c) DNGK (d) DKNG
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 301614838285. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3061 1483 8285 (b) 3011 4838 285 (c) 3016 1483 8285 (d) 3301 6148 38285
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 412901560. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 412 915 60 (b) 412 901 560 (c) 412 290 1560 (d) 412 091 560
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
37. 37.🔤 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
38. 38.🧰 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) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Play Aunty (b) Aunty Play Lions Eat (c) Eat Lions Play Aunty (d) Lions Play Aunty Eat
40. 40.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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