Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 726 · 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 this list, in order: parrot, ant, jalebi? (a) Jolly All Play (b) All Play Jolly (c) Play All Jolly (d) All Jolly Play
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Funny Rani (b) Rani Seven Lions Funny (c) Funny Lions Seven Rani (d) Seven Rani Lions Funny
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, mirror, shoe, cat, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KMSCG (b) GCSMK (c) MKSCG (d) MSCGK
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, bucket, violin, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKVM (b) KBVM (c) BVMK (d) MVBK
7. 7.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lions Pigs Aunty (b) Lions Eat Pigs Aunty (c) Aunty Pigs Lions Eat (d) Lions Pigs Aunty Eat
9. 9.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 3011715457. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 300 117 15457 (b) 301 171 5457 (c) 301 171 547 (d) 301 171 4557
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 568830457. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 568 380 457 (b) 568 883 0457 (c) 568 834 57 (d) 568 830 457
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, needle, pillow? (a) Nine Pink Bunny (b) Pink Nine Bunny (c) Nine Bunny Pink (d) Bunny Nine Pink
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, tiger, jeep, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTJP (b) PJTF (c) TFJP (d) TJPF
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
17. 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 827491014. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 827 941 014 (b) 827 491 014 (c) 827 491 1014 (d) 274 910 14
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, ball, shoe, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSPD (b) BDSP (c) DBSP (d) PSBD
26. 26.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
27. 27.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (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) Wet Silly Green (b) Green Wet Silly (c) Silly Wet Green (d) Wet Green Silly
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 731586672233. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7318 6672 233 (b) 7315 6867 2233 (c) 7315 8667 72233 (d) 7315 8667 2233
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, pencil, goat? (a) Grab Pink Frogs (b) Pink Frogs Grab (c) Pink Grab Frogs (d) Frogs Pink Grab
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Cats Eat (c) Eat Cats Cats Pink (d) Cats Eat Pink Cats
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mice Funny Jeeps (b) Funny Mice Ants Jeeps (c) Funny Jeeps Mice Ants (d) Jeeps Funny Mice Ants
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 967864522. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 967 864 522 (b) 968 645 22 (c) 966 786 4522 (d) 976 864 522
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 261170822. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 261 170 22 (b) 261 170 822 (c) 261 177 0822 (d) 261 178 022
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, apple, violin, glass, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVGMP (b) PAVGM (c) MGVAP (d) APVGM
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 949501522. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 949 501 5222 (b) 949 505 122 (c) 945 015 22 (d) 949 501 522
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme

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