Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 872 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nine Seven Wins (b) Wins Seven Eight Nine (c) Eight Seven Wins Nine (d) Nine Eight Seven Wins
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Seven Wins Goats
3. 3.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, ladder, jalebi? (a) Lions Dance Jeeps (b) Jeeps Lions Dance (c) Lions Jeeps Dance (d) Dance Lions Jeeps
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Silly Lions Frogs (b) Silly Runs Lions Frogs (c) Silly Lions Frogs Runs (d) Frogs Lions Silly Runs
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 648021172923. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6480 2117 2923 (b) 6480 2172 923 (c) 6480 2117 2932 (d) 6480 2111 72923
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
8. 8.🧰 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) nothing at all (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, duck, jug? (a) Ink Dad Jeeps (b) Jeeps Dad Ink (c) Dad Jeeps Ink (d) Dad Ink Jeeps
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
17. 17.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 217414676. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 217 414 676 (b) 217 741 4676 (c) 217 414 766 (d) 217 414 66
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, goat, net, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNGA (b) GANW (c) AGNW (d) GNWA
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, orange, fan? (a) Only Frogs Dance (b) Only Dance Frogs (c) Frogs Only Dance (d) Dance Only Frogs
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 5257593516. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 255 759 3516 (b) 525 759 33516 (c) 525 759 316 (d) 525 759 3516
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, urn, duck? (a) Dance Under Green (b) Under Dance Green (c) Green Under Dance (d) Under Green Dance
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, cat, jalebi, whistle, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGJWN (b) NWJCG (c) GCJWN (d) CJWNG
26. 26.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 663894194. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 668 941 94 (b) 663 894 914 (c) 663 894 194 (d) 663 894 4194
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink All Eight (b) All Pink Lazy Eight (c) Eight Lazy Pink All (d) Lazy Eight Pink All
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, guava, rose? (a) Goats Runs Mice (b) Runs Goats Mice (c) Mice Goats Runs (d) Goats Mice Runs
33. 33.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
35. 35.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wins Seven (b) Wins Grab Seven (c) Seven Wins Grab (d) Wins Seven Grab
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cats Every (b) Cats Every Pink Cook (c) Cats Pink Cook Every (d) Every Cats Pink Cook
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 761318396920. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7613 1396 920 (b) 7613 1893 6920 (c) 7613 1839 6920 (d) 7613 1839 66920
39. 39.🧰 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
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA

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