Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 82 · 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: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (c) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (d) Eight Crazy Pink Cats
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Play Cook (b) Cook Play Crazy Eat (c) Eat Crazy Play Cook (d) Crazy Play Cook Eat
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
8. 8.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, onion, key? (a) Kites Old Grab (b) Old Kites Grab (c) Old Grab Kites (d) Grab Old Kites
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, jeep, needle? (a) Jump Frogs Neat (b) Neat Jump Frogs (c) Jump Neat Frogs (d) Frogs Jump Neat
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, tomato, violin, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WTVB (b) BVTW (c) TWVB (d) TVBW
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 984400713. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 984 400 713 (b) 984 400 0713 (c) 984 407 13 (d) 984 040 713
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 5118834688. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 551 188 34688 (b) 511 883 4868 (c) 511 883 688 (d) 511 883 4688
18. 18.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Love Fly (b) Seven Rani Love Fly (c) Seven Love Fly Rani (d) Fly Love Seven Rani
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 109175156045. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1091 7515 045 (b) 1091 7515 6045 (c) 1091 7515 6054 (d) 1091 7511 56045
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
24. 24.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, frog, coconut? (a) Fly Rani Cats (b) Cats Fly Rani (c) Fly Cats Rani (d) Rani Fly Cats
27. 27.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 5652435089. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 565 245 089 (b) 565 243 55089 (c) 562 543 5089 (d) 565 243 5089
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, parrot, violin? (a) Pink Vines Lazy (b) Lazy Pink Vines (c) Pink Lazy Vines (d) Vines Pink Lazy
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eight (c) Eight Lazy Pigs Aunty (d) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eight
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, banana, ant? (a) Ants Bakes Mum (b) Mum Bakes Ants (c) Bakes Ants Mum (d) Bakes Mum Ants
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 400934186050. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4009 3418 6050 (b) 4009 3411 86050 (c) 4009 3416 050 (d) 4090 3418 6050
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 301781634. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 301 781 634 (b) 307 181 634 (c) 300 178 1634 (d) 301 781 64
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, frog, tiger? (a) Tiny Frogs Only (b) Frogs Only Tiny (c) Only Frogs Tiny (d) Frogs Tiny Only
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, shoe, ice cream? (a) Sing Tea Ink (b) Sing Ink Tea (c) Tea Sing Ink (d) Ink Sing Tea
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, banana, sock, rope, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRSBK (b) KBSRW (c) BSRWK (d) BKSRW

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