Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 899 · 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 parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lions Funny Rani (b) Silly Rani Lions Funny (c) Funny Lions Silly Rani (d) Rani Silly Lions Funny
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wise Nani (b) Nani Eat Silly Wise (c) Eat Nani Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Eat Nani
3. 3.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 687020022. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 687 020 022 (b) 687 020 22 (c) 678 020 022 (d) 687 020 0022
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
14. 14.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, violin, cat? (a) Bakes Vines Cats (b) Cats Vines Bakes (c) Vines Cats Bakes (d) Vines Bakes Cats
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
18. 18.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
20. 20.🔤 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
21. 21.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 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
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Lions Fly (b) Fly Lions Seven Red (c) Seven Lions Fly Red (d) Red Seven Lions Fly
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, fan, bucket? (a) Fly Wise Bakes (b) Bakes Fly Wise (c) Wise Fly Bakes (d) Fly Bakes Wise
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 459540708190. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4595 4070 8190 (b) 4599 5407 08190 (c) 5495 4070 8190 (d) 4954 0708 190
27. 27.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, sock, rope? (a) Silly Ants Runs (b) Ants Silly Runs (c) Silly Runs Ants (d) Runs Silly Ants
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 670710302192. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6707 1033 02192 (b) 6707 1030 2192 (c) 6707 1032 192 (d) 6707 1030 2129
32. 32.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, tent, frog, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFMP (b) TPFM (c) PTFM (d) MFTP
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, net, duck? (a) Nine Dogs Kids (b) Nine Kids Dogs (c) Kids Nine Dogs (d) Dogs Nine Kids
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 692260829656. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6226 0829 656 (b) 6922 2608 29656 (c) 6922 6082 9656 (d) 6922 6082 6956
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs Ants Eight (b) Eight Lions Pigs Ants (c) Lions Eight Pigs Ants (d) Ants Pigs Lions Eight
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, guava, lamp, ice cream, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSLIV (b) GLIVS (c) VILGS (d) SGLIV
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 3551595602. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 355 195 602 (b) 355 159 5062 (c) 355 515 95602 (d) 355 159 5602

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