Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 714 · 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 acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
2. 2.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Eight Neat (b) Eight Neat Seven Wet (c) Neat Eight Seven Wet (d) Eight Seven Wet Neat
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, doll, tomato? (a) Toys Dogs Ink (b) Dogs Ink Toys (c) Ink Dogs Toys (d) Dogs Toys Ink
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, nest, jalebi, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJNR (b) NRJU (c) NJUR (d) RNJU
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lions Eat (b) Eat Lions Pink Aunty (c) Lions Pink Aunty Eat (d) Lions Eat Pink Aunty
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) a mind map
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat (c) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat (d) Cook Eat Pigs Crazy
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 918717701. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 991 871 7701 (b) 918 177 701 (c) 187 177 01 (d) 918 717 701
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly Mice Aunty (b) Frogs Mice Aunty Jolly (c) Aunty Mice Frogs Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs Mice Aunty
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lions Pink All (b) All Pink Lions Eat (c) Lions Pink All Eat (d) Lions Eat Pink All
15. 15.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, watch, coconut, onion, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWCOI (b) WGCOI (c) WCOIG (d) IOCWG
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 2130546167. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 210 546 167 (b) 213 054 6167 (c) 213 504 6167 (d) 213 005 46167
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lazy Play Aunty (b) Lazy Eight Play Aunty (c) Lazy Play Aunty Eight (d) Aunty Play Lazy Eight
20. 20.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, whistle, mango, owl, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UWMOL (b) WUMOL (c) WMOLU (d) LOMWU
22. 22.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WGS
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, ice cream, lemon? (a) Inside Funny Lazy (b) Funny Inside Lazy (c) Inside Lazy Funny (d) Lazy Inside Funny
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Cats Every (c) Cats Pink Cook Every (d) Cats Every Pink Cook
26. 26.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 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) an acronym (d) a rhyme
28. 28.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 760732043. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 760 732 043 (b) 706 732 043 (c) 760 773 2043 (d) 760 320 43
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, apple, radio, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ARTD (b) TRAD (c) DART (d) ADRT
32. 32.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 625321254. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 625 321 25 (b) 625 321 1254 (c) 265 321 254 (d) 625 321 254
36. 36.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lazy Funny Red (b) Sing Red Lazy Funny (c) Funny Lazy Sing Red (d) Red Sing Lazy Funny
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 1905649035. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 190 549 035 (b) 190 564 9053 (c) 190 564 9035 (d) 190 564 90355
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 654388702764. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6543 8887 02764 (b) 5643 8870 2764 (c) 6543 8870 2764 (d) 6548 8702 764

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