Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 860 · 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: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 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) a rhyme (d) an acronym
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Love Eight (b) Eight Love Pink Aunty (c) Love Pink Aunty Eight (d) Love Eight Pink Aunty
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
8. 8.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 3101700707. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 310 700 707 (b) 310 170 7007 (c) 310 170 0707 (d) 310 177 00707
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 2461438585. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 246 143 8585 (b) 246 614 38585 (c) 246 143 585 (d) 246 413 8585
13. 13.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 270078590. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 270 078 50 (b) 270 078 590 (c) 270 078 8590 (d) 720 078 590
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Every (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (c) Crazy Every Pigs Cats (d) Every Crazy Pigs Cats
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, mirror, jeep? (a) Mum Jump Neat (b) Neat Mum Jump (c) Jump Mum Neat (d) Mum Neat Jump
20. 20.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 973267240. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 973 226 7240 (b) 932 672 40 (c) 973 267 240 (d) 973 262 740
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Crazy Play (b) Every Crazy Play Crazy (c) Crazy Play Crazy Every (d) Crazy Every Play Crazy
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 707062332918. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7077 0623 32918 (b) 7070 6233 2918 (c) 0706 2332 918 (d) 0770 6233 2918
26. 26.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, jug, lemon, ball, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBLJK (b) JLBPK (c) KJLBP (d) JKLBP
29. 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, banana, needle, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNVT (b) VNBT (c) TBNV (d) BTNV
31. 31.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, tent, violin, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WVTD (b) TVWD (c) TDVW (d) DTVW
34. 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eat Silly Wise (b) Eat Nani Silly Wise (c) Wise Silly Eat Nani (d) Eat Silly Wise Nani
37. 37.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, tomato, ladder, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ILTD (b) TDLI (c) TLID (d) DTLI
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, guava, umpire, inkpot, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TIUGF (b) FGUIT (c) GUITF (d) GFUIT
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Green (b) Wise Green Sing (c) Sing Wise Green (d) Green Wise Sing

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