Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 708 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Pigs Cats (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat (c) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (d) Crazy Eat Pigs Cats
2. 2.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 835165025233. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8531 6502 5233 (b) 8316 5025 233 (c) 8351 6500 25233 (d) 8351 6502 5233
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Seven Wet (b) Every Seven Wet Nine (c) Nine Every Seven Wet (d) Wet Seven Every Nine
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lions Funny (b) Seven Rani Lions Funny (c) Funny Lions Seven Rani (d) Seven Lions Funny Rani
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 295221184450. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2952 2118 450 (b) 2952 2118 44500 (c) 2952 1218 4450 (d) 2952 2118 4450
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 180242758. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 180 247 58 (b) 180 242 758 (c) 180 244 2758 (d) 108 242 758
14. 14.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
16. 16.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, guava, banana, onion, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBOIT (b) IOBGT (c) GTBOI (d) TGBOI
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, lamp, monkey, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTMP (b) LMPT (c) PMLT (d) TLMP
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants My Frogs Jump (b) Frogs Jump My Ants (c) Jump Frogs My Ants (d) Frogs My Ants Jump
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, glass, wallet, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NWGT (b) TGWN (c) GTWN (d) GWNT
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Silly (b) Wet Silly Green (c) Silly Wet Green (d) Green Wet Silly
24. 24.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nine Sing Wins (b) Nine Eight Sing Wins (c) Eight Sing Wins Nine (d) Wins Sing Eight Nine
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 251307810. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 251 307 801 (b) 251 307 81 (c) 251 307 810 (d) 251 307 7810
27. 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Green (b) Seven Wise Green (c) Green Wise Seven (d) Wise Green Seven
29. 29.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 7263334608. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 772 633 34608 (b) 263 334 608 (c) 726 333 4608 (d) 762 333 4608
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 668509809. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 668 509 890 (b) 685 098 09 (c) 668 509 809 (d) 668 509 8809
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Seven Red (b) Seven Lazy Fly Red (c) Red Seven Lazy Fly (d) Seven Red Lazy Fly
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pigs Cook (b) Every Cook Pigs Cook (c) Cook Pigs Cook Every (d) Every Cook Cook Pigs
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 815764887. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 857 648 87 (b) 815 764 878 (c) 815 764 8887 (d) 815 764 887
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 101260858. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 110 260 858 (b) 101 226 0858 (c) 101 608 58 (d) 101 260 858
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme

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