Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 743 · 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 life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eat (b) Lazy Eat Pigs Aunty (c) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eat (d) Eat Lazy Pigs Aunty
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 502837239800. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5028 3723 9800 (b) 5028 3723 99800 (c) 5028 3739 800 (d) 5208 3723 9800
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump Mum Ants (b) Jump Frogs Mum Ants (c) Frogs Mum Ants Jump (d) Ants Mum Frogs Jump
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, jalebi, rope, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRUC (b) JCRU (c) URJC (d) CJRU
8. 8.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 3360692763. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 336 609 2763 (b) 336 069 763 (c) 336 069 2763 (d) 336 069 92763
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, guava, sock? (a) Seven Grab Love (b) Grab Seven Love (c) Grab Love Seven (d) Love Grab Seven
11. 11.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, whistle, frog, rope, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRFWG (b) WFRIG (c) GWFRI (d) WGFRI
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Silly Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Silly Runs (c) Silly Runs Lazy Fly (d) Silly Lazy Fly Runs
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, ant, sock, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABSV (b) ASVB (c) VSAB (d) BASV
17. 17.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, key, apple? (a) Aunty Kites Ink (b) Kites Ink Aunty (c) Ink Kites Aunty (d) Kites Aunty Ink
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 786036430934. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7860 3640 3934 (b) 7860 3430 934 (c) 7860 3643 0934 (d) 7860 3643 30934
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 2709243814. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 270 924 38114 (b) 270 924 3814 (c) 270 923 814 (d) 270 294 3814
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, whistle, owl? (a) Wise Jeeps Owls (b) Wise Owls Jeeps (c) Owls Wise Jeeps (d) Jeeps Wise Owls
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Pigs Cats (b) Eight Cook Pigs Cats (c) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (d) Cook Pigs Cats Eight
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lions Sing Red (b) Red Sing Lions Frogs (c) Sing Lions Frogs Red (d) Sing Red Lions Frogs
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, net, ant? (a) Nine All Wins (b) Nine Wins All (c) Wins Nine All (d) All Nine Wins
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, tiger, ice cream, kettle, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKITL (b) TIKVL (c) LTIKV (d) TLIKV
29. 29.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pigs Aunty (b) Every Love Pigs Aunty (c) Love Pigs Aunty Every (d) Aunty Pigs Love Every
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 437983787910. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4379 8378 79910 (b) 4379 8378 7910 (c) 4397 8378 7910 (d) 4398 3787 910
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, coconut, ball? (a) Big Cats Vans (b) Cats Big Vans (c) Cats Vans Big (d) Vans Cats Big
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, umbrella, jeep? (a) Uncle Crazy Jump (b) Jump Uncle Crazy (c) Uncle Jump Crazy (d) Crazy Uncle Jump
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
35. 35.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 941593942252. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9415 3942 252 (b) 9415 9339 42252 (c) 9415 9394 2252 (d) 9415 9934 2252
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 1101149686. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 101 149 686 (b) 110 114 9686 (c) 110 114 9668 (d) 111 011 49686
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 448171029936. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4841 7102 9936 (b) 4817 1029 936 (c) 4481 7710 29936 (d) 4481 7102 9936
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 304570231. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 304 570 231 (b) 034 570 231 (c) 345 702 31 (d) 304 557 0231

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