Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 741 · 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: watch, owl, van? (a) Owls Wet Vans (b) Vans Owls Wet (c) Owls Vans Wet (d) Wet Owls Vans
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Love Play All (b) All Play Love Eight (c) Love Eight Play All (d) Love Play All Eight
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Sing (b) Wise Sing Grab (c) Sing Wise Grab (d) Wise Grab Sing
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 1228352328. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 835 328 (b) 122 283 52328 (c) 122 835 2328 (d) 212 835 2328
8. 8.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 871888239965. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8781 8823 9965 (b) 7188 8239 965 (c) 8718 8823 9965 (d) 8871 8882 39965
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, radio, onion, ant, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TROAK (b) RTOAK (c) KAORT (d) ROAKT
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump Mice Ants (b) Jump Funny Mice Ants (c) Ants Mice Funny Jump (d) Funny Mice Ants Jump
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, candle, rose, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRCN (b) CRFN (c) NCRF (d) CNRF
16. 16.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 7118824941. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 711 882 4491 (b) 118 824 941 (c) 711 888 24941 (d) 711 882 4941
18. 18.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, van, anchor? (a) Aunty Very Mum (b) Very Mum Aunty (c) Mum Very Aunty (d) Very Aunty Mum
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eat Neat (b) Neat Eat Sing Wise (c) Eat Sing Wise Neat (d) Eat Neat Sing Wise
23. 23.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 361168700. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 361 168 700 (b) 361 168 70 (c) 631 168 700 (d) 366 116 8700
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, flute, violin? (a) Fly Vines Kind (b) Fly Kind Vines (c) Vines Fly Kind (d) Kind Fly Vines
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Sing (b) Sing Wet Green (c) Green Wet Sing (d) Wet Sing Green
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, mango, radio? (a) My All Rani (b) Rani My All (c) My Rani All (d) All My Rani
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, mango, lamp, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMLO (b) MLOA (c) OLMA (d) MALO
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 695197448. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 695 179 448 (b) 695 197 44 (c) 699 519 7448 (d) 695 197 448
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, apple, monkey, tiger, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GAMTD (b) DTMAG (c) AMTDG (d) AGMTD
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Silly Runs (c) Silly Lions Funny Runs (d) Runs Silly Lions Funny
36. 36.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Seven Wise (b) Wise Seven Eat Nine (c) Eat Nine Seven Wise (d) Eat Seven Wise Nine
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 421814067. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 421 810 467 (b) 421 814 067 (c) 421 814 4067 (d) 421 814 06

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