Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 746 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, van, tiger, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTMS (b) VSTM (c) SVTM (d) MTVS
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Cats Eat Pigs Crazy (c) Eat Cats Pigs Crazy (d) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat
4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, ball, fan, inkpot, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBFIC (b) BFICJ (c) BJFIC (d) CIFBJ
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, vase, urn, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUVT (b) VTUS (c) TVUS (d) VUST
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 622320697. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 622 326 97 (b) 623 220 697 (c) 662 232 0697 (d) 622 320 697
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mice Frogs Jump (b) Frogs Jump Mice All (c) Frogs Mice All Jump (d) Jump Frogs Mice All
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Seven Eight Neat (b) Eight Neat Seven Wins (c) Eight Seven Wins Neat (d) Neat Eight Seven Wins
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
27. 27.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Every Neat (c) Every Sing Wise Neat (d) Neat Every Sing Wise
31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
32. 32.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, lamp, tomato? (a) Love Tea Old (b) Old Love Tea (c) Love Old Tea (d) Tea Love Old
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, doll, flute? (a) Fly Dance Green (b) Green Dance Fly (c) Dance Green Fly (d) Dance Fly Green
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 147259179. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 147 251 979 (b) 147 259 179 (c) 147 225 9179 (d) 472 591 79
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, igloo, nest? (a) Inside Dance Nani (b) Nani Inside Dance (c) Inside Nani Dance (d) Dance Inside Nani
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 396780986731. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3967 8098 6713 (b) 3967 8809 86731 (c) 3968 0986 731 (d) 3967 8098 6731
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, lemon, kite? (a) Love Toys Kids (b) Kids Love Toys (c) Love Kids Toys (d) Toys Love Kids
39. 39.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 768061473743. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7680 1647 3743 (b) 7680 6147 743 (c) 7768 0614 73743 (d) 7680 6147 3743

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