Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 907 · 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) Eat Silly Wins Nani (b) Eat Nani Silly Wins (c) Nani Eat Silly Wins (d) Wins Silly Eat Nani
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, fan, net, ant, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRNAC (b) RFNAC (c) CANFR (d) FNACR
3. 3.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cats Eight (b) Eight Cook Pink Cats (c) Cats Pink Cook Eight (d) Cook Eight Pink Cats
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, apple, glass? (a) Goats All Tiny (b) All Tiny Goats (c) Tiny All Goats (d) All Goats Tiny
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Play Love Every (b) Love Every Play All (c) Love Play All Every (d) Every Love Play All
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 621295315511. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6212 9531 15511 (b) 6212 9535 1511 (c) 6212 9531 551 (d) 6212 9531 5511
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, flute, guava, drum, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFGDW (b) WDGFT (c) FTGDW (d) FGDWT
11. 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, duck, bucket? (a) Dance Pigs Bakes (b) Bakes Dance Pigs (c) Dance Bakes Pigs (d) Pigs Dance Bakes
13. 13.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
17. 17.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 487528802. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 487 752 8802 (b) 847 528 802 (c) 487 528 02 (d) 487 528 802
22. 22.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, nest, monkey, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVMK (b) NMKV (c) VNMK (d) KMNV
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
26. 26.🔤 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
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 5401753825. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 540 175 53825 (b) 540 153 825 (c) 540 175 3825 (d) 540 175 3285
28. 28.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
29. 29.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 4271323817. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 427 132 3817 (b) 271 323 817 (c) 427 133 23817 (d) 427 133 2817
31. 31.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 316074304. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 316 073 404 (b) 316 074 30 (c) 316 074 304 (d) 316 074 4304
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Seven Rani (b) Seven Lazy Funny Rani (c) Rani Seven Lazy Funny (d) Seven Rani Lazy Funny
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Silly Wise (b) Wise Silly Eat Nine (c) Nine Eat Silly Wise (d) Eat Silly Wise Nine
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, kite, cat, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KRCN (b) NCKR (c) RKCN (d) KCNR
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, whistle, radio, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRMK (b) WKRM (c) KWRM (d) MRWK
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Seven Red (b) Seven Red Love Funny (c) Red Seven Love Funny (d) Seven Love Funny Red
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eat Pink All (b) Lazy Pink All Eat (c) Eat Lazy Pink All (d) All Pink Lazy Eat
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 320401194. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 320 040 1194 (b) 320 401 914 (c) 320 401 19 (d) 320 401 194

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