Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 797 · 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.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
6. 6.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Grab (b) Wet Grab Seven (c) Grab Wet Seven (d) Wet Seven Grab
11. 11.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, mirror, ice cream? (a) Mum Dogs Ink (b) Ink Mum Dogs (c) Mum Ink Dogs (d) Dogs Mum Ink
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Goats (b) Wins Seven Goats (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Goats Wins Seven
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 628558032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 628 550 832 (b) 628 558 032 (c) 628 580 32 (d) 662 855 8032
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, bucket, cat? (a) Ants Big Cook (b) Big Cook Ants (c) Big Ants Cook (d) Cook Big Ants
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, shoe, owl, net, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SONDW (b) WSOND (c) DNOSW (d) SWOND
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 9667414033. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 966 741 40333 (b) 966 741 4033 (c) 966 741 4303 (d) 966 741 403
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, van, parrot, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSPG (b) GPVS (c) VPGS (d) SVPG
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 224022337. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 224 022 373 (b) 224 022 337 (c) 222 402 2337 (d) 224 022 37
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, monkey, guava? (a) My Green Up (b) Green My Up (c) Up My Green (d) My Up Green
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, igloo, mirror? (a) Red Ice Mice (b) Mice Ice Red (c) Ice Red Mice (d) Ice Mice Red
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Every (b) Crazy Every Pink Cats (c) Crazy Pink Cats Every (d) Every Crazy Pink Cats
31. 31.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mice All Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly Mice All (c) Jolly Frogs Mice All (d) All Mice Frogs Jolly
34. 34.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, ball, rose? (a) Red Bunny Ink (b) Bunny Ink Red (c) Ink Bunny Red (d) Bunny Red Ink
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, key, rose? (a) Runs Kind Neat (b) Kind Neat Runs (c) Neat Kind Runs (d) Kind Runs Neat
39. 39.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, bucket, jeep, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PJBM (b) BJPM (c) MBJP (d) BMJP

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