Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 704 · 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) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Sing Goats (b) Sing Wet Goats (c) Goats Wet Sing (d) Wet Goats Sing
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 610402056971. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6110 4020 56971 (b) 6140 2056 971 (c) 6104 0205 6971 (d) 6100 4205 6971
5. 5.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Rani Lions Frogs (b) Silly Lions Frogs Rani (c) Frogs Lions Silly Rani (d) Rani Silly Lions Frogs
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
9. 9.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Seven Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Seven Runs (c) Seven Runs Lions Funny (d) Seven Lions Funny Runs
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
12. 12.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, goat, banana, key, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBKJC (b) CGBKJ (c) GCBKJ (d) JKBGC
15. 15.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, drum, orange, guava, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOGWA (b) DAOGW (c) ADOGW (d) WGODA
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 991604047. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 991 604 047 (b) 991 604 07 (c) 991 600 4047 (d) 991 604 074
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, drum, jalebi? (a) Jolly Dad Owls (b) Owls Dad Jolly (c) Dad Jolly Owls (d) Dad Owls Jolly
21. 21.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, rose, monkey? (a) Goats Red Mice (b) Mice Red Goats (c) Red Goats Mice (d) Red Mice Goats
23. 23.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 988200158. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 988 200 158 (b) 998 820 0158 (c) 982 001 58 (d) 988 200 185
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, glass, tomato, drum, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMTDU (b) UDTGM (c) MGTDU (d) GTDUM
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
28. 28.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) AISAP
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, mango, doll, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDML (b) MLDW (c) LMDW (d) MDWL
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.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
35. 35.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
37. 37.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 377989410200. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3778 9410 200 (b) 3797 8941 0200 (c) 3779 8941 0200 (d) 3377 9894 10200
39. 39.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA

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