Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 751 · 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: spoon, key, tomato? (a) Kids Sing Tea (b) Kids Tea Sing (c) Sing Kids Tea (d) Tea Kids Sing
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lions Play Ants (b) Lions Eight Play Ants (c) Lions Play Ants Eight (d) Ants Play Lions Eight
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
5. 5.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 8445816583. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 844 586 1583 (b) 844 581 583 (c) 844 581 6583 (d) 844 588 16583
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
9. 9.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 6142089260. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 614 208 920 (b) 614 208 92660 (c) 614 208 9260 (d) 614 208 9206
11. 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Seven (b) Wins Seven Goats (c) Seven Wins Goats (d) Goats Wins Seven
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, kettle, onion? (a) Only Kids Grab (b) Grab Kids Only (c) Kids Grab Only (d) Kids Only Grab
16. 16.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pink Cook (b) Cats Eight Pink Cook (c) Cook Pink Cats Eight (d) Cats Pink Cook Eight
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jeeps Mice All (b) Jeeps Fly Mice All (c) All Mice Fly Jeeps (d) Fly Mice All Jeeps
21. 21.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, anchor, urn? (a) Aunty Under Silly (b) Under Aunty Silly (c) Silly Aunty Under (d) Aunty Silly Under
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, umpire, guava? (a) Grab Under Rani (b) Rani Under Grab (c) Under Grab Rani (d) Under Rani Grab
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
26. 26.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink Ants Eight (b) Lazy Eight Pink Ants (c) Ants Pink Lazy Eight (d) Eight Lazy Pink Ants
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, vase, ice cream, umpire, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VIUTA (b) AVIUT (c) TUIVA (d) VAIUT
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 797329119182. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7973 2291 19182 (b) 7973 2911 912 (c) 7973 2911 9182 (d) 7973 2919 1182
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2548457292. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 225 484 57292 (b) 254 845 7922 (c) 254 457 292 (d) 254 845 7292
32. 32.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 934415547615. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9344 1557 4615 (b) 9344 1547 615 (c) 9344 1554 47615 (d) 9344 1554 7615
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 317894129. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 317 894 1229 (b) 317 894 129 (c) 137 894 129 (d) 178 941 29
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Seven Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Seven Runs (c) Seven Lions Funny Runs (d) Seven Runs Lions Funny
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, lemon, jug? (a) Jolly Lazy Neat (b) Lazy Neat Jolly (c) Neat Lazy Jolly (d) Lazy Jolly Neat
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, radio, kettle? (a) Rani Bakes Kind (b) Kind Rani Bakes (c) Rani Kind Bakes (d) Bakes Rani Kind
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, duck, fan? (a) Bunny Dad Funny (b) Dad Bunny Funny (c) Funny Dad Bunny (d) Dad Funny Bunny

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