Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 784 · 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: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Sing Every Nani (b) Every Nani Sing Wins (c) Every Sing Wins Nani (d) Nani Every Sing Wins
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Play Crazy (b) Eight Crazy Play Crazy (c) Crazy Play Crazy Eight (d) Eight Crazy Crazy Play
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
7. 7.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, inkpot, orange, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) INOW (b) IOWN (c) NIOW (d) WOIN
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 787012791. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 787 012 71 (b) 787 102 791 (c) 787 012 791 (d) 787 001 2791
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
13. 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lions Play Aunty (b) Lions Eat Play Aunty (c) Aunty Play Lions Eat (d) Lions Play Aunty Eat
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, van, sock? (a) Very Silly Fly (b) Fly Very Silly (c) Very Fly Silly (d) Silly Very Fly
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Crazy Every (b) Crazy Pigs Cook Every (c) Every Crazy Pigs Cook (d) Crazy Every Pigs Cook
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, umpire, apple, shoe, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSAUL (b) LUASV (c) ULASV (d) UASVL
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, sock, apple, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SWAC (b) WSAC (c) CASW (d) SACW
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, umbrella, anchor, coconut, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCAUB (b) BUACT (c) UACTB (d) UBACT
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 327020487. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 370 204 87 (b) 327 022 0487 (c) 327 020 487 (d) 327 024 087
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 510321744. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 511 032 1744 (b) 510 321 474 (c) 510 321 744 (d) 503 217 44
32. 32.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Goats (b) Wise Goats Silly (c) Silly Wise Goats (d) Goats Wise Silly
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
37. 37.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pink Crazy (b) Crazy Pink Crazy Eat (c) Eat Crazy Crazy Pink (d) Eat Crazy Pink Crazy
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, van, banana? (a) Vans Dad Bunny (b) Bunny Vans Dad (c) Vans Bunny Dad (d) Dad Vans Bunny
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 6157422062. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 615 742 2062 (b) 615 574 22062 (c) 615 742 062 (d) 615 742 2026

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