Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 783 · 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 parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Frogs Jump (b) Frogs Jump Mum Ants (c) Frogs Mum Ants Jump (d) Jump Frogs Mum Ants
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, urn, apple? (a) Aunty Up Ink (b) Up Ink Aunty (c) Up Aunty Ink (d) Ink Up Aunty
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
9. 9.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 413599984362. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4135 9989 4362 (b) 4135 9998 4362 (c) 4413 5999 84362 (d) 4159 9984 362
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 237290055204. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2372 0905 5204 (b) 2372 2900 55204 (c) 2372 9005 204 (d) 2372 9005 5204
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pink Cats (b) Eat Cook Pink Cats (c) Cook Pink Cats Eat (d) Cats Pink Cook Eat
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, bucket, net, lemon, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWNLK (b) KLNBW (c) WBNLK (d) BNLKW
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 536953993371. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5369 5399 3371 (b) 5365 9399 3371 (c) 5695 3993 371 (d) 5369 5539 93371
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Silly Wet (b) Wet Silly Eight Nani (c) Nani Eight Silly Wet (d) Eight Silly Wet Nani
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, sock, anchor? (a) All Seven Ink (b) Seven All Ink (c) Seven Ink All (d) Ink Seven All
17. 17.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, bucket, goat? (a) Uncle Bunny Goats (b) Goats Bunny Uncle (c) Bunny Goats Uncle (d) Bunny Uncle Goats
20. 20.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 212327931213. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2123 2739 1213 (b) 2122 3279 31213 (c) 2123 2793 1213 (d) 2232 7931 213
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
25. 25.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Fly Runs (b) Fly Lazy Seven Runs (c) Runs Seven Lazy Fly (d) Seven Runs Lazy Fly
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 760492131130. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7604 9213 113 (b) 7604 9231 1130 (c) 7760 4921 31130 (d) 7604 9213 1130
29. 29.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
31. 31.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, mango, lamp, jalebi, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJLMI (b) MLJTI (c) MILJT (d) IMLJT
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, coconut, ladder? (a) Love Cats Mice (b) Cats Love Mice (c) Mice Cats Love (d) Cats Mice Love
34. 34.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 3322680251. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 332 268 021 (b) 332 268 0251 (c) 332 268 2051 (d) 332 226 80251
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 402315800. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 402 315 800 (b) 402 315 8800 (c) 042 315 800 (d) 403 158 00
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, rose, mango, watch, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWMRA (b) RMWCA (c) ARMWC (d) RAMWC
40. 40.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym

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