Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 798 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 208104430. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 208 104 430 (b) 208 110 4430 (c) 081 044 30 (d) 208 104 340
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Seven (b) Seven Wet Green (c) Wet Green Seven (d) Wet Seven Green
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mum Ants Jump (b) Ants Mum Fly Jump (c) Jump Fly Mum Ants (d) Fly Jump Mum Ants
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, ladder, igloo? (a) Lazy Ink Neat (b) Neat Lazy Ink (c) Lazy Neat Ink (d) Ink Lazy Neat
11. 11.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, mirror, frog? (a) Frogs My Lions (b) My Lions Frogs (c) Lions My Frogs (d) My Frogs Lions
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, umpire, lamp, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALUK (b) UKLA (c) ULAK (d) KULA
15. 15.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 970624793075. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9706 2479 93075 (b) 9706 2479 3075 (c) 9760 2479 3075 (d) 7062 4793 075
18. 18.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Goats (b) Goats Wet Seven (c) Wet Goats Seven (d) Wet Seven Goats
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Cats Eight (b) Cook Eight Play Cats (c) Eight Cook Play Cats (d) Cats Play Cook Eight
23. 23.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 368238264. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 362 382 64 (b) 368 238 2664 (c) 368 238 246 (d) 368 238 264
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, pillow, radio? (a) Pigs Runs Vines (b) Vines Pigs Runs (c) Runs Pigs Vines (d) Pigs Vines Runs
27. 27.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, coconut, ball, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBSI (b) SBCI (c) CIBS (d) ICBS
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Seven (b) Wins Goats Seven (c) Seven Wins Goats (d) Wins Seven Goats
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Cook Pink (b) Eight Cook Pink Cook (c) Cook Eight Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cook Eight
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, jeep, parrot? (a) Jump Pink Big (b) Big Jump Pink (c) Jump Big Pink (d) Pink Jump Big
32. 32.🔤 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
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, pillow, goat? (a) Pigs Grab Kind (b) Grab Pigs Kind (c) Kind Pigs Grab (d) Pigs Kind Grab
34. 34.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, doll, anchor, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLAV (b) DAVL (c) VADL (d) LDAV
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mice Fly Jeeps (b) Jeeps Fly Mice Aunty (c) Fly Mice Aunty Jeeps (d) Fly Jeeps Mice Aunty
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
40. 40.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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