Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 698 · 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: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, banana, jalebi? (a) Jeeps Bunny Under (b) Under Bunny Jeeps (c) Bunny Jeeps Under (d) Bunny Under Jeeps
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Sing (b) Sing Wise Grab (c) Wise Sing Grab (d) Wise Grab Sing
4. 4.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, glass, needle, duck, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDNGP (b) PGNDM (c) GNDMP (d) GPNDM
8. 8.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Silly Lazy Fly (b) Silly Runs Lazy Fly (c) Silly Lazy Fly Runs (d) Fly Lazy Silly Runs
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
11. 11.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, onion, radio, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JROD (b) ORJD (c) ODRJ (d) DORJ
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, bucket, tent, glass, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTGLR (b) RBTGL (c) LGTBR (d) BRTGL
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Love Eight (b) Eight Love Pink Aunty (c) Love Eight Pink Aunty (d) Love Pink Aunty Eight
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Pigs Cook (b) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (c) Cats Eat Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Cats Eat
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 5635394964. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 563 539 4964 (b) 563 539 494 (c) 563 539 94964 (d) 653 539 4964
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, candle, ball, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DBCG (b) CBDG (c) GCBD (d) CGBD
24. 24.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, lamp, ice cream? (a) Love Cook Inside (b) Love Inside Cook (c) Cook Love Inside (d) Inside Love Cook
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wins Goats (b) Wins Silly Goats (c) Goats Wins Silly (d) Wins Goats Silly
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Grab (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Wise Grab Seven
28. 28.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Silly (b) Silly Wet Goats (c) Wet Goats Silly (d) Wet Silly Goats
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, needle, glass, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGFA (b) FGNA (c) NAGF (d) ANGF
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs Aunty Every (b) Lions Every Pigs Aunty (c) Every Lions Pigs Aunty (d) Aunty Pigs Lions Every
32. 32.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 755141492139. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5514 1492 139 (b) 7755 1414 92139 (c) 7551 4149 2139 (d) 7551 4149 2319
35. 35.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, watch, banana, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWBN (b) WBNV (c) NBWV (d) WVBN
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, lamp, vase, pencil, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMVPK (b) KPVLM (c) MLVPK (d) LVPKM
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM

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