Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 750 · 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 acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, coconut, watch? (a) Crazy Wins Love (b) Wins Crazy Love (c) Love Crazy Wins (d) Crazy Love Wins
3. 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Seven (b) Wet Seven Green (c) Green Wet Seven (d) Seven Wet Green
6. 6.🧰 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
7. 7.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Sing Every Nani (b) Every Sing Wet Nani (c) Every Nani Sing Wet (d) Nani Every Sing Wet
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, rope, frog? (a) Runs Fly Big (b) Fly Runs Big (c) Big Runs Fly (d) Runs Big Fly
13. 13.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 4668402429. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 466 842 429 (b) 466 840 2492 (c) 466 840 2429 (d) 446 684 02429
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cats Every (b) Crazy Every Play Cats (c) Cats Play Crazy Every (d) Every Crazy Play Cats
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, spoon, anchor? (a) Silly Lions Ants (b) Lions Silly Ants (c) Ants Silly Lions (d) Silly Ants Lions
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, tiger, jug, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GJTA (b) TJGA (c) ATJG (d) TAJG
26. 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Every Nani (b) Every Silly Wins Nani (c) Nani Every Silly Wins (d) Every Nani Silly Wins
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, duck, fan? (a) Vans Dad Funny (b) Dad Vans Funny (c) Dad Funny Vans (d) Funny Dad Vans
29. 29.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, lemon, spoon? (a) Lions Dad Sing (b) Lions Sing Dad (c) Sing Lions Dad (d) Dad Lions Sing
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Crazy Play (d) Every Crazy Play Crazy
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
38. 38.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, key, van? (a) Very Kites Nine (b) Kites Very Nine (c) Kites Nine Very (d) Nine Kites Very
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Crazy Eight (b) Crazy Eight Pink Cook (c) Eight Crazy Pink Cook (d) Crazy Pink Cook Eight

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