Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 719 · 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.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, mango, anchor? (a) My All Cats (b) All My Cats (c) My Cats All (d) Cats My All
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, apple, whistle? (a) Sing All Wise (b) All Sing Wise (c) All Wise Sing (d) Wise All Sing
9. 9.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, net, tent? (a) Tiny Nine Jump (b) Nine Tiny Jump (c) Jump Nine Tiny (d) Nine Jump Tiny
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, needle, lamp? (a) Ants Nani Love (b) Love Nani Ants (c) Nani Love Ants (d) Nani Ants Love
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, monkey, candle? (a) Mum Crazy Lions (b) Lions Mum Crazy (c) Mum Lions Crazy (d) Crazy Mum Lions
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, anchor, mirror, urn, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALMUV (b) LAMUV (c) AMUVL (d) VUMAL
16. 16.✏️ 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) Wet Goats Sing (d) Goats Wet Sing
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
19. 19.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
21. 21.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 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) nothing at all (d) chunking
25. 25.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
29. 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ice cream, onion, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IOFW (b) FOIW (c) WIOF (d) IWOF
34. 34.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Play Cook (b) Crazy Play Cook Eat (c) Cook Play Crazy Eat (d) Crazy Eat Play Cook
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, guava, mango? (a) My Goats Very (b) Goats Very My (c) Goats My Very (d) Very Goats My
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym

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