Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 821 · 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: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 3638409977. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 633 840 9977 (b) 363 844 09977 (c) 363 840 9977 (d) 363 409 977
3. 3.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, jeep, spoon, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSOR (b) JRSO (c) OSJR (d) RJSO
6. 6.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Play Crazy (b) Cook Play Crazy Eight (c) Crazy Play Cook Eight (d) Eight Cook Play Crazy
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
12. 12.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 9789220426. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 979 822 0426 (b) 978 922 042 (c) 978 922 0426 (d) 978 922 20426
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, jalebi, umbrella, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJUT (b) TUJD (c) JUTD (d) JDUT
15. 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Green (b) Wins Green Seven (c) Wins Seven Green (d) Green Wins Seven
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 501822406. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 501 822 40 (b) 501 822 046 (c) 500 182 2406 (d) 501 822 406
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
21. 21.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
23. 23.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Silly (b) Silly Wise Goats (c) Wise Silly Goats (d) Wise Goats Silly
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, owl, pillow? (a) Mum Only Pigs (b) Only Pigs Mum (c) Only Mum Pigs (d) Pigs Only Mum
26. 26.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, inkpot, umbrella, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKUD (b) KIUD (c) IUDK (d) DUIK
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, parrot, glass? (a) Frogs Pink Goats (b) Goats Pink Frogs (c) Pink Frogs Goats (d) Pink Goats Frogs
31. 31.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 205311974. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 205 311 794 (b) 205 311 9774 (c) 053 119 74 (d) 205 311 974
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, sock, mango, igloo, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKMIV (b) KSMIV (c) SMIVK (d) VIMSK
35. 35.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, frog, needle? (a) Funny Mum Nani (b) Funny Nani Mum (c) Mum Funny Nani (d) Nani Funny Mum
37. 37.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, anchor, coconut? (a) Seven Aunty Cook (b) Aunty Seven Cook (c) Aunty Cook Seven (d) Cook Aunty Seven
39. 39.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick

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