Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 776 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, tomato, lamp? (a) Tiny Love Jolly (b) Tiny Jolly Love (c) Love Tiny Jolly (d) Jolly Tiny Love
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🔤 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
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, jalebi, umpire, kettle, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JUKFC (b) FKUJC (c) JCUKF (d) CJUKF
7. 7.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 838035619669. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8380 3561 9669 (b) 8380 5361 9669 (c) 8380 3561 969 (d) 8380 0356 19669
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 830250533849. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3802 5053 3849 (b) 8305 0533 849 (c) 8302 5053 3849 (d) 8302 2505 33849
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 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) chunking (d) nothing at all
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
13. 13.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔤 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) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, key, net? (a) Nani Kind My (b) Kind Nani My (c) My Kind Nani (d) Kind My Nani
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Funny Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny My Aunty (c) Funny Jeeps My Aunty (d) Funny My Aunty Jeeps
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Wise Seven Grab
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, duck, guava? (a) Dogs Owls Grab (b) Dogs Grab Owls (c) Grab Dogs Owls (d) Owls Dogs Grab
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 637077225. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 637 077 252 (b) 637 077 2225 (c) 637 077 25 (d) 637 077 225
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cats Eight (b) Cook Eight Pink Cats (c) Eight Cook Pink Cats (d) Cats Pink Cook Eight
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Lions Every (b) Lions Pink All Every (c) Lions Every Pink All (d) Every Lions Pink All
34. 34.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 3942068919. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 394 206 9819 (b) 339 420 68919 (c) 394 206 899 (d) 394 206 8919
36. 36.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, banana, tent, umpire, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTUIF (b) IUTBF (c) FBTUI (d) BFTUI
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, whistle, doll, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWDO (b) WADO (c) ODWA (d) WDOA
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Seven Every Nani (b) Every Seven Wins Nani (c) Nani Every Seven Wins (d) Every Nani Seven Wins
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 534457243868. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5345 7243 868 (b) 5344 5274 3868 (c) 5344 5724 3868 (d) 5344 4572 43868

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