Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 672 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Goats (b) Goats Wet Seven (c) Seven Wet Goats (d) Wet Goats Seven
4. 4.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, net, sock? (a) Neat Sing Lions (b) Neat Lions Sing (c) Lions Neat Sing (d) Sing Neat Lions
6. 6.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Silly (b) Wins Silly Goats (c) Goats Wins Silly (d) Silly Wins Goats
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, urn, ice cream, ant, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UIAVD (b) DUIAV (c) VAIUD (d) UDIAV
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
15. 15.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Grab (b) Wet Sing Grab (c) Grab Wet Sing (d) Wet Grab Sing
20. 20.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 6358240951. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 635 824 951 (b) 638 524 0951 (c) 635 824 0951 (d) 635 824 09951
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 347321587072. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3473 2158 7072 (b) 3473 2158 7027 (c) 3432 1587 072 (d) 3447 3215 87072
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 850244452. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 850 244 52 (b) 850 244 452 (c) 850 244 542 (d) 850 244 4452
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, jug, lamp? (a) Jump Lions Cats (b) Jump Cats Lions (c) Cats Jump Lions (d) Lions Jump Cats
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 4051504123. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 440 515 04123 (b) 405 150 1423 (c) 051 504 123 (d) 405 150 4123
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, guava, cat? (a) Green Cats Owls (b) Owls Green Cats (c) Green Owls Cats (d) Cats Green Owls
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Seven Eat Neat (b) Eat Seven Wins Neat (c) Neat Eat Seven Wins (d) Eat Neat Seven Wins
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pink Cats (b) Cats Every Pink Cats (c) Cats Pink Cats Every (d) Every Cats Cats Pink
32. 32.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, whistle, flute? (a) Wins Fly Owls (b) Owls Wins Fly (c) Wins Owls Fly (d) Fly Wins Owls
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Crazy Every (b) Every Crazy Crazy Pigs (c) Crazy Every Pigs Crazy (d) Every Crazy Pigs Crazy
35. 35.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Frogs Jeeps (c) Frogs Mum Aunty Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs Mum Aunty
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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